Women are more than twice as likely to develop gallbladder cancer as men. It is seen mainly in the elderly, the average age of diagnosis being 72. More than two-thirds of diagnoses are in the 65+ age group. Factors that increase one's risk of developing gallbladder cancer include: Chron...
Gall bladder cancer articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed Gall bladder cancer is a type of tumour that begins in the gall bladder, the organ located on the right side of the abdomen that stores bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver. The most common cancer of the ...
Gallbladder cancer as the name suggests, begins in the gallbladder, an organ that stores a substance called bile. Depending on the tissue or organ where the cancer begins, there are around 200 types of cancers and these are called primary cancers. Some cancers have a high likelihood of sprea...
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...
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 9,250 cases of gallbladder cancer will be diagnosed this year and more than 3,300 people will die from this deadly disease. Your gallbladder i
Gallbladder cancer is a highly malignant and rarely curable disease that affects approximately 5000 new patients in the United States each year [1,2]. Due to the rarity of the disease, it is difficult to determine the overall survival rate, which varies between 5% and 12% [1,3,4]. For...
Gallbladder Cancer: Gallbladder cancer, although uncommon, high a very high mortality rate. Poor prognosis is related to late-stage detection and vague symptoms. Incidence increases with age and women are two to six more times likely to get gallbladder cancer than men. ...
The European collaboration (French Association of Surgery – Gallbladder Cancer) [AFC–GBC] reported a 5-year survival rate of 41% in patients who underwent re-resection compared with only 15% in those who did not.41 The survival advantage of a complete R0 resection, independent of the ...
Next>Gallbladder Cancer Diagnosis Gall bladder cancer is a malignancy that threatens the life of its victims. Therefore, the treatment for gallbladder cancer should be timely. Then what are the treatments for gallbladder cancer? We will introduce the treatments of gallbladder cancer below. Do yo...
This PrimeView highlights the mechanisms of gallbladder cancer and summarizes its epidemiology, diagnosis and management. It accompanies the Primer on this topic by Roa and colleagues.