RM-061 Treatment outcomes of gall bladder cancer, 10 years experience

Treatment Outcomes of Gall Bladder Cancer, 10 Years Experience

Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) represents the most common and aggressive biliary tract cancer with overall 5-year survival being only 5%– 10%. Survival following resection, especially in early stages, has shown some improvement due to advances in surgical treatment. Advanced stages, however, continue to have dismal outcome. Complete surgical resection offers the only chance for cure, whic...

Adjuvant radiation therapy in gall bladder cancers: 10 years experience at Tata Memorial Hospital.

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE In gall bladder cancers, even after curative surgery, survivals are dismal and loco-regional failure accounts for 40-86%. Although these are considered radio-resistant, adjuvant radiation, with or without chemotherapy, has been tried to improve loco-regional control and overall survival rates. With an aim to evaluate the natural history of gall bladder cancers, role of ...

Treatment of Gall Bladder Cancer: A Review

Cancer of the gallbladder is rare and more common in women and Native Americans. Gallbladder cancer is a comparatively rare cancer and has poor outcome due to their anatomy and location. It is hard to diagnose gallbladder cancer in its early stages. Sometimes doctors find it when they remove the gallbladder for another reason. But people with gallstones rarely have gallbladder cancer. Because i...

Patients with Gall Bladder Cancer: a Clinical Experience

Objective: To see the clinical profile of patients with gallbladder cancer. Methodology: In this multicentre retrospective study records of all patients with gallbladder cancer, who presented at Patel Hospital, Karachi Adventist Hospital and Bilquis Naz Hospital Karachi, during January 2002 to December 2005, were reviewed. Result: Out of sixty-six, forty-nine were females (74.2%) and seventeen ...

Experience with Diseases of the Gall-Bladder