Objective To search for the significant early diagnostic and prognostic indicators in cholangiocarcinoma. Methods Literatures about the variation of various kinds of genes in cholangiocarcinoma and their clinical significances were reviewed.Results There are several genes mutation, deletion and overexpression in cholangiocarcinoma, K-ras gene was most deeply investigated. Conclusion K-ras mutation detection may be of help in the early finding and prognosis of cholangiocarcinoma.
