BACKGROUND There is an increasing incidence of advanced unresectable gallbladder cancer even in patients who undergo re-exploration and these cases are marked by poor survival even after undergoing curative resection and adjuvant chemotherapy. Lack of suspicion during primary surgery, unavailability of frozen section facilities and delayed referrals are believed to contribute to this high incid...

BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare malignancy characterized by high invasiveness and poor survival. In a nation-wide cancer survey, the age-standardized incidence rate of GBC was the highest in Jeju Island compared to 15 other provinces in Korea. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of GBC according to the nature of diagnosis, that is, incidental versus non-...

Dermatomyositis, an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic skin manifestations, is associated with several types of cancer. Only three cases of gallbladder cancer with dermatomyositis have been reported worldwide, and none has been reported in Korea. We present a case of a 71-year-old male with proven dermatomyositis associated with gallbladder cancer to emphasize the necessity of...

BACKGROUND Extended liver resection is necessary for advanced gallbladder cancer with hepatic involvement to achieve R0 resection. However, its type or extent and its surgical technique have yet to be established. METHODS To exclude systemic disease, frozen section biopsy following systematic para-aortic lymphadenectomy is recommended before starting extended surgery with curative intent beca...

OBJECTIVES To describe the occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers within the Alaska Native (AN) population. STUDY DESIGN Population-based analysis utilizing a tumor registry and comparative population data. METHODS Pancreaticobiliary cancers rates for AN people during 1973-2007 were determined from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) AN Tumor Reg...

Gallbladder (GB) carcinomas are adenocarcinomas (AC) in the majority of cases. Adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) and pure squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the gallbladder are rarely encountered and comprise 1-3% of gallbladder cancer cases.  Pure squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is rarer with less than 1% of the incidence. Most of the published literature is based on case reports and case...

Gallbladder cancer is the most common cause of hilar biliary obstruction; however, it rarely causes combined biliary, duodenal, and colon triple obstruction. In this case, quality life for a patient with recurrent gallbladder colonic, obstruction was improved by endoscopic endosonographic palliation, despite its technical difficulty complexity. Seven metal stents were implanted one using only m...

BACKGROUND Maspin expression is a potential prognostic factor for various malignancies but its relation with gallbladder cancer is unknown and needs to be investigated needs to be investigated. We therefore here focused on maspin mRNA expression in normal, gall stone disease and gallbladder cancer subjects, with particular attention to prognostic importance in individuals with malignancies. M...

fundal gallbladder abnormalities result from broad spectrum of pathologic that most of them have no pathological significance and normally causes no symptoms. conversely, early incidental detection of malignant lesions is important because symptomatic lesions are often incurable. so use proper imaging to differentiate between them is important. although ultrasound has been the choice screen met...