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Gallbladder cancer

Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 2000
Gallbladder cancer has a reputation for being aggressive and incurable. Single institution series, however, have defined successful management strategies in which the extent of resection is based on the stage of the tumor at presentation. Careful ultrasound screening for abnormalities in the gallbladder wall, and CA19-9 serum determination prior to ...
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Chemoradiotherapy in gallbladder cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2006
AbstractGallbladder cancer (GC) is considered a rare disease associated with a poor prognosis. Unfortunately, the low number of cases makes the performance of trials addressing the role of adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and/or palliative therapy difficult. For a long time, the majority of trials were 5‐fluorouracil (5 FU)‐based, and results were uniformly poor.
Andres Cordova   +10 more
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Management of Gallbladder Cancer

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2010
Resection is a means of improving survival in patients with gallbladder cancer. A more aggressive surgical approach, including resection of the gallbladder, liver, and regional lymph nodes, is advisable for patients with T1b to T4 tumors. Aggressive resection is necessary because a patient's gallbladder cancer stage determines the outcome, not the ...
Shiva Jayaraman, William R. Jarnagin
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Cancer of the gallbladder

The American Journal of Surgery, 1949
Abstract 1. 1. A case report is given of cancer of the gallbladder of high-grade histologic malignancy with regional lymph node metastases. The patient has survived cholecystectomy and dissection of the cystic nodes for nearly eight years. 2. 2.
Robert J. Booher, George T. Pack
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Gallbladder Cancer, Treatment Failure and Relapses: the Peritoneum in Gallbladder Cancer [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2014
This study aims to review gallbladder cancer (GBC) and present current management strategies, factors influencing prognosis, recurrence and areas of consideration.Literature search in PubMed was made and restricted to articles published from 2002 to 2013 using the following keywords: (GBC + peritoneum and GBC + surgery + metastasis/recurrence ...
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Gallbladder Cancer

2001
Gallbladder cancer often presents with advanced disease. When found early, surgery can be curative for this particular malignancy. Prognostic factors that influence the success of aggressive surgical therapy include depth of invasion, extent of hepatic infiltration, histologic grade, presence of venous, lymphatic or perineural invasion, and lymph node ...
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Treatment of gallbladder cancer

1994
Although an uncommon malignancy, carcinoma of the gallbladder is the fifth most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract and the most common cancer of the biliary tract [1]. The diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma is made incidentally at the time of exploration in 1% of patients undergoing surgical treatment for cholelithiasis [1,2]. Carcinoma of the
Michael P. Vezeridis, Harold J. Wanebo
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Epidemiology of Gallbladder Cancer

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2010
Gallbladder cancer is the most common biliary tract cancer. The highest incidence rates occur in Chile, which also has the highest mortality rates. This lethal gastrointestinal cancer has a predilection among adult women and older subjects of both sexes, and also among populations throughout central and Eastern Europe and certain racial groups, such as
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Cancer of the Gallbladder

2000
The gallbladder is located at the inferior surface of the liver, just outside the quadrate lobe and lies in the depression in the liver, called the fossa felea. The peritoneum which clothes the liver at his inferior surface is somewhat elevated to envelop also the gallbladder, pressing her against the liver. The form of the bladder is peer-like.
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Gallbladder Follicular Lymphoma Mimicking Gallbladder Cancer

Anticancer Research
Enlarged polypoid gallbladder lesions should first be evaluated to rule out gallbladder cancer. Gallbladder lymphoma rarely develops, and gallbladder follicular lymphoma is seldom observed.The case of a 70-year-old man with an enlarged polypoid gallbladder lesion and stable-sized multiple enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes is reported.
Takashi, Nakagaki   +11 more
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