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Treatment of gallbladder cancer

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Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 69))

Abstract

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 gallbladder is more common in females, three fourths of the patients being women with a median age in the seventh decade. In most patients, the disease is advanced and unresectable. The overall prognosis, therefore, is rather dismal, with 5year survival rates of less than 5% reported in most large published series [1–27]. However, in a small group of early lesions, surgery provides a reasonable probability of long-term survival. Radiation and chemotherapy have mostly a palliative role in the treatment of gallbladder carcinoma, and the experience with these treatment modalities is derived from their use in a rather limited number of patients.

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    Paul H. Sugarbaker M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Wanebo, H.J., Vezeridis, M.P. (1994). Treatment of gallbladder cancer. In: Sugarbaker, P.H. (eds) Hepatobiliary Cancer. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 69. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2604-9_10

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