Cholangiocarcinoma

Disease/Syndrome
Cholangiocarcinoma
Category
Cancer, Occupational
Acute/Chronic
Chronic
Synonyms
Cancer of the biliary tract
Comments
"There is sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of 1,2-dichloropropane. 1,2-Dichloropropane causes cancer of the biliary tract (confirmed as cholangiocarcinoma). . . . However, a minority of the Working Group concluded that the association between 1,2-dichloropropane and cancer of the biliary tract was credible, but the role of exposure to other agents, principally dichloromethane, could not be separated with complete confidence, and noted that most of the evidence came from studies in a single plant." [IARC 2016]
Latency/Incubation
Years
Diagnostic
Histopathological examination;
ICD-9 Code
155.9
ICD-10 Code
C22.1

Symptoms/Findings, Job Tasks, and Agents Linked to This Disease

Agents

Hazardous agents that cause the occupational disease: