Sripa B et al. – Moreover, authors show that plasma IL–6 is an easily accessible biomarker for the detection of advanced periductal fibrosis and cholangiocarcinoma, which would be a critical advance for this region of Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, where the prevalence of O. viverrini infection can reach as high as 80% and the incidence of bile duct cancer is the highest in the world. [more...]
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