Effect of a novel nutritional therapy in a case of Klatskin tumor

Cholangiocarcinoma is a relatively rare but rapidly lethal tumor of the bile ducts. The patients may present with jaundice, weight loss, pruritus, abdominal pain, abnormal level of liver enzymes, and fever. Patients are frequently diagnosed at Stage III-IV, which is too late for tumor resection. Total resection of the tumor is the only potential chance for the cure; however, this option is available only in cases of early-stage disease. Adjuvant chemotherapy and combined radio-chemotherapy appear to be ineffective. Disease progression is rapid; the mortality rate is very high. The overall median duration of surv…