Hepatobiliary cancers are lethal. In 2008, approx. 21,370 people in the U.S. were detected with intrahepatic bile duct cancer or liver cancer, and 9,520 with gallbladder cancer or other biliary tract cancer. Furthermore, around 18,410 deaths were from intrahepatic bile duct or liver cancer, and 3,340 deaths from gallbladder cancer or other biliary
