World Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) Day

World CCA Day is an international effort to raise much-needed awareness of CCA, a devastating cancer that occurs in the bile ducts in or outside the liver. This poorly understood and under researched disease is increasing in incidence globally - we believe collaboration is the way forward.

CCA causes a number of vague symptoms, making it very difficult to diagnose, and in some cases leading people to be misdiagnosed with other less serious conditions before receiving the correct diagnosis.  

After a long and difficult path to diagnosis, patients and their loved ones face the unknown – a type of cancer they have likely never heard of and know nothing about; in many cases the cancer is advanced, with a poor prognosis; and with limited treatment options available, they don’t know what comes next.  

This year, we are calling for a smoother journey to diagnosis for people impacted by cholangiocarcinoma – timely, decisive and supported. It's time to be #BeClearOnCCA.

We are asking healthcare professionals to take action to improve time to diagnosis:
Clarify – Get to know the signs and symptoms of CCA  
‍Listen – Establish whether the patient’s history indicates that they are at a higher risk of CCA  
‍Explain – Be transparent with the patient on possible diagnoses and next steps  
‍Act – Decisively to establish a diagnosis as quickly as possible    
‍Refer – Patients to a specialist and share resources to support them to understand their diagnosis

Show your support

• Download our resources: Find our editable materials below, which can be edited using either Adobe Photoshop or within Microsoft PowerPoint (please note, social media GIFs can only be edited within Adobe Photoshop)
• Pledge for CCA: Sign the pledge and encourage others to sign both on social media and in person by sharing the following link: https://www.globalccaalliance.com/sign-the-pledge
• Share on social media: Post on social media using our assets and the hashtags #WorldCCADay and #BeClearOnCCA
• Take a picture: Print out our posters and share pictures of you and your network raising awareness during World CCA Day