Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis Viverrini Related Cholangiocarcinoma: Liver Fluke Related Cholangiocarcinoma

Assoc. Prof. Narong Khuntikeo is the director and initiator of the Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) Research Institute (CARI) and The Cholangiocarcinoma Screening and Care Program (CASCAP) at Khon Kaen University, Thailand. The institute and program aim to reduce the mortality caused by CCA by reducing the incidence of infection with the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini, the main risk factor for developing CCA, as well as developing new clinical approaches to early disease diagnosis, surgery and chemotherapy. To date over 600,000 at-risk individuals have been screened ba CASCAP to detect early stage disease.Prof. Khuntikeo received his MD at the Faculty of Medicine in Khon Kaen in 1984 and received a fellowship in Hepato-Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane in 1994. He is the recipient of numerous awards and extensive funding for his work on combatting CCA.

Ross H Andrews and Trevor N Petney have done extensive work on O. viverrini including its systematics, genetic variability, host choice and transmission dynamics. Both are senior advisors at the Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University. Shahid A Khan is an internationally renowned liver specialist in biliary cancer.

副教授Narong Khuntikeo是泰國孔敬大學膽管癌（CCA）研究所（CARI）及膽管癌篩檢與照護計畫（CASCAP）的主任及創始人。該研究所和計畫旨在透過降低感染肝吸蟲Opisthorchis viverrini的發生率來減少因CCA造成的死亡率，因為肝吸蟲是發展CCA的主要風險因素，同時也致力於開發新的臨床方法以進行早期疾病診斷、手術及化療。迄今為止，CASCAP已對超過600,000名高風險個體進行篩檢，以檢測早期疾病。Khuntikeo教授於1984年在孔敬醫學院獲得醫學博士學位，並於1994年在布里斯班的亞歷山德拉公主醫院獲得肝胰膽外科及肝臟移植的研究獎學金。他因在對抗CCA方面的工作而獲得多項獎項及大量資金支持。

Ross H Andrews和Trevor N Petney在O. viverrini的系統學、基因變異、宿主選擇及傳播動態方面進行了廣泛的研究。兩人皆為孔敬大學膽管癌研究所的高級顧問。Shahid A Khan是一位國際知名的肝臟專家，專注於膽道癌症。