Vietnam Vets With Bile Duct Cancer

The worms infect an estimated 25 million people mostly in asia but are less known in america.

Vietnam vets with bile duct cancer.

This type of cancer is rare in the united states but much more common in southeast asia. Parasites in raw or poorly cooked river fish. Va disability benefits for cholangiocarcinoma. Liver flukes parasites that infect a human when raw or undercooked fish is eaten are being investigated as the cause of a rare bile duct cancer among veterans who served in the vietnam war.

Some veterans who served in vietnam thailand laos and cambodia have developed bile duct cancer. Vietnam veterans across the country have now been warned that they might be at risk for a rare bile duct cancer after a recent department of veterans affairs va study found that hundreds of individuals who served in the vietnam war may have been unknowingly infected by a carcinogenic parasite while in southeast asia the associated press reports. Veterans may have developed this cancer from exposure to liver flukes from eating raw or under cooked fish during their service. Vietnam vets seek help for rare bile duct cancer that may be linked to their time in service and eating parasite riddled river fish mike baughman 64 is among hundreds of veterans.

The 64 year old is among hundreds of veterans who have been diagnosed with a rare bile duct cancer that may be linked to their time in the service and an unexpected source.