Surgical treatment of gall-bladder cancer

Pol Przegl Chir. 2015 Jun;87(6):324-30. doi: 10.1515/pjs-2015-0063.

Abstract

Despite the aggressive nature and poor prognosis of gall-bladder cancer there is a group of patients who can achieve significant benefits from a radical surgical treatment. The possibility of obtaining long-term survival, even in case of patients with locally advanced cancer and metastases to regional lymph nodes, prompts to verify nihilistic approach to the treatment of this disease. Obviously such therapy can and should be performed only in centers specializing in hepatobiliary surgery. Due to the high recurrence rate, most of which are systemic, the hope of improving treatment outcomes should be sought in the use of combination therapy, based on a new chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy regimens with the addition of targeted therapy. Unfortunately, the current application of these methods did not bring the expected benefits.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Chemoradiotherapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents