Gallbladder Cancer

Acute

What is Gallbladder Cancer?

Gallbladder cancer occurs when healthy cells in the gallbladder change and grow out of control, forming a mass called a tumor. A tumor can be cancerous or benign. A cancerous tumor is malignant, meaning it can grow and spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor means the tumor can grow but will not spread.

  • The whites of your eyes turning yellow or your skin turning yellow, which may be less obvious on brown or black skin (jaundice) – you may also have itchy skin, darker pee and paler poo than usual.
  • Loss of appetite or losing weight without trying to.
  • Intense abdominal pain.
  • High fever.
  • Rapid heartbeat.
  • Confusion.
  • Gallbladder polyp
  • Gallstones
  • Obesity
  • Congenital biliary abnormalities
  • Age
  • Ethnicity
  • Porcelain gallbladder
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • 'S/e/x
  • Gallstones
  • Obesity
  • Gallbladder polyp
  • Congenital biliary cysts
  • Porcelain gallbladder
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Age
  • Ethnicity
  • Family history

There's no known way to prevent most gallbladder cancers. Many of the known risk factors for gallbladder cancer, such as age, sex, ethnicity, and bile duct defects, are beyond our control.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

Chemotherapy is usually used as a palliative care treatment for gallbladder cancer. It may be recommended after the tumor has been removed surgically. Chemotherapy used before surgery is called neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Chemotherapy used as an additional therapy after surgery is called adjuvant chemotherapy.

How is it treated?

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Surgery. Gallbladder cancer may be treated with a cholecystectomy, surgery to remove the gallbladder and some of the tissues around it. Nearby lymph nodes may be removed. A laparoscope is sometimes used to guide gallbladder surgery

 

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