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People who have PSC live with a higher risk of developing bile duct cancer (also known as cholangiocarcinoma, or CCA). Although the risk of developing it is low, the worry it causes is huge. CCA is difficult to detect because it mimics PSC and we do not yet have the tools to detect it early, and we don’t know which PSC patients are at highest risk of developing it. This is important, because if it is picked up early before symptoms appear, treatments have the best chance of success.