My husband was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma early this year when he urinated brown, pale poop, yellow.....achhhh ! He has had the stent in the bile duct which brought him back to the living. Tried chemo, gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, but dropped the oxal because the neuropathy was too severe. He took a couple more weeks of gemcitabine alone, and had a scan showing Bob (the tumor) to be quite healthy and inviting friends over. They turned him loose, saying chemo was not helping and say the only recourse now is transarterial chemoembolization, but dont even know if they can do that since the portal vein may be compromised. WE are going for a consult to UW Seattle with Dr Whiting, and see if there is any hope anywhere. My husband feels good, now that there is no chemo running him down. But he looses spirit when he has no hope. This tumor is approx 14 plus cm, a big one and some more lesions now. Any one have some ideas or anything to share? We are being kicked to the curb. July 3 is our UW consult. thanks robyn