According to the Mayo Clinic, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancers can seldom be prevented. However, there are risk reduction guidelines.
For example, the American Cancer Society recommends at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day, along with six servings of foods from other plant sources such as whole-grain breads, cereals, rice and beans.
Another diet related strategy is to limit fats to no more than 30 percent of your total calories.
Other risk reduction strategies for gallbladder cancer include maintaining a healthy weight
and stopping smoking.
Apart from the guidelines mentioned above, the main risk reduction strategy for bile duct cancer is to avoid toxic chemicals. Among these are highly hazardous substances such as dioxin — a byproduct of plastics and chlorinated pesticide manufacturing — and PCBs, which were used in a number of industrial materials manufactured before 1980.
Because PCBs don't break down easily, they're still found worldwide in the air, water, soil and especially in fish. Also implicated in bile duct cancers are nitrosamines, a group of carcinogenic chemicals found in products ranging from tobacco leaves to cured meats.
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