Open AccessGallbladder cancer: Historical treatment and new management options
Author(s) -
Kenji Okumura,
Shekhar Gogna,
Mahir Gachabayov,
Daniel Moritz Felsenreich,
Matthew McGuirk,
Aram Rojas,
Luis Alberto Zarco Quintero,
Ramanathan Seshadri,
Katie Gu,
Xiang Da Dong
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i10.1317
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder cancer , malignancy , gallbladder , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , gallbladder disease , cancer , intensive care medicine , general surgery , modalities , surgery , paleontology , social science , sociology , biology
Gallbladder cancer is a rare, aggressive malignancy that has a poor overall prognosis. Effective treatment consists of early detection and surgical treatment. With the wide spread treatment of gallbladder disease with minimally invasive techniques, the rate of incidental gallbladder cancer has seen an equitable rise along with stage migration towards earlier disease. Although the treatment remains mostly surgical, newer modalities such as regional therapy as well as directed therapy based on molecular medicine has led to improved outcomes in patients with advanced disease. We aim to summarize the management of gallbladder cancer along with the newer developments in this formidable disease process.