My father was diagnosed with a large (10cm)malignant liver tumor December 1st 2005. They did a biopsy and feel that the cancer started in the bile ducts. They can't remove it because it is conected to a large artery. The thing is that on a CT scan & a PET scan they do not see any cancer anywhere else. They also found a few other small lesions on the liver. The pathologist says that when looking at it under a microscope it appears to be bile duct/cholangiocarcinoma. My dad does not have jaudice or iching but has had a lot of pain and a slight fever. They think it's the tumor pressing against other organs. He is in good shape especially for 64 and has no problem getting up. We even took a long walk with him on Xmas eve. All of his blood tests were normal at first but only 4 weeks later his blood tests came back abnormal. Now his CA 19-9 is around 300 so they think it may be in the pancreas ducts which would rule him out completely for a liver transplant. The problem is they can't find cancer anywhere else!! It's very frustration all these assumptions. No staging has been set, and no idea how long he has left. He has radio frequency ablation set for Jan 11th and then will have radio isotopes injected afterwards. Since it's such a large tumor they need to shrink it.
I know this cancer is incurable but is there any hope? Any suggestions would be appreciated.