World Cholangiocarcinoma Day
On February 15, 2024, we want the world to come together for #WorldCCADay World CCA Day is an international effort to raise much-needed awareness of CCA, a devastating cancer that occurs in the bile ducts in or outside the liver. This poorly understood and under researched disease is increasing in incidence globally – we believe collaboration is the way forward. CCA causes a number of vague symptoms, making it very difficult to diagnose, and in some cases leading people to be misdiagnosed with other less serious conditions before receiving the correct diagnosis. After a long and difficult path to diagnosis, patients and their loved ones face the unknown – a type of cancer they have likely never heard of and know nothing about; in many cases the cancer is advanced, with a poor prognosis; and with limited treatment options available, they don’t know what comes next. This year, we are calling for a smoother journey to diagnosis for people impacted by cholangiocarcinoma – timely, decisive and supported. It’s time to be #BeClearOnCCA. We are asking healthcare professionals to take action to improve time to diagnosis: Clarify – Get to know the signs and symptoms of CCA Listen – Establish whether […]