Gallbladder Cancer Epidemiology
Researchers from Duke University, Division of General Surgery detail new studies and findings in the area of gallbladder cancer epidemiology
Published in Cancer Weekly, August 28th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Extended hepatic resection for gallbladder cancer" new findings in gallbladder cancer. "Although radical cholecystectomy is the standard of care for gallbladder cancers that invade perimuscular connective tissue or perforate visceral peritoneum, the role of extended right hepatectomy in achieving negative resection margins is not clear. Clinicopathologic, perioperative, and long-term outcome data were reviewed from patients who underwent hepatic resection for gallbladder cancer," scientists writing in the The American Journal of Surgery report.
"From 1995 to 2005, 22 consecutive patients underwent hepatic resection for gallbladder cancer,...
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