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Liver metastases and bilirubin is increasing rapidly daily . other liver tests fine . anything can be done to halt this ? what if it just carries on rising ?

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Jaundice: If bili keeps on rising, it will make a person uncomfortably itchy. The main way to manage this in the absence of the tumor responding to chemo, is to have a narrow tube (stent) inserted to maintain drainage of bile. But if no obstruction identified, this may not be possible. Stent placement requires experienced endoscopist, with ERCP experience and good scopes.

Answered 1/2/2017

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