# British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the diagnosis and management of cholangiocarcinoma

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## TL;DR

The UK gastroenterology society's 2023 guideline for bile duct cancer, written with patient charities; there is no equivalent UK guideline written for gallbladder cancer.

## Summary

Guideline commissioned by the British Society of Gastroenterology liver section, written by a multidisciplinary committee with patient and public representatives from AMMF (the Cholangiocarcinoma Charity) and PSC Support, with evidence graded in the AGREE II format. The recommendations are framed as guidance rather than protocol. Its scope is cholangiocarcinoma; a Europe PMC search on 24 September 2026 found no UK society guideline specific to gallbladder cancer, so UK gallbladder practice draws on this document, the ESMO guideline and NCCN.

## Fields

- Kind: Key paper
- Last checked: 2026-09-24
- Tags: gallbladder-evidence
- Journal: Gut
- Year: 2023
- DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330029
- Authors: Rushbrook SM, Kendall TJ, Zen Y, et al.
- Findings: Multidisciplinary UK guideline for cholangiocarcinoma with patient representation and AGREE II grading; gallbladder cancer is outside its stated scope.
- What it means: For a UK patient with gallbladder cancer the nearest national guideline is about a neighbouring disease; the UK and NHS page for gallbladder cancer names the gap.
- Caveats: Scope is cholangiocarcinoma, not gallbladder cancer.; Guidance rather than protocol, by the authors' own framing.

## Sources

- Gut 2023: https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330029
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37770126/

## Connected records

- key papers: [Biliary tract cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-esmo-biliary-tract-cancer-guideline-ann-oncol-2023/)
- cancers: [Biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma)](https://onco.cc/cancers/cholangiocarcinoma/), [Gallbladder cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gallbladder/)
- people: [Juan W. Valle](https://onco.cc/people/juan-valle/)

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