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Patients with gallstones develop gallbladder cancer at an earlier age

Published in Gastroenterology Week, November 14th, 2005

Scientists suggest that patients with gallstones and lower socio-economic status may develop gallbladder cancer at an earlier age.

According to recent research from India, "Significant proportions of Indian patients with gallbladder cancer are young. Multiple risk factors for gallbladder cancer are recognized among Indian patients."

"The effect of these risk factors on the age of development of gallbladder cancer is not known. We conducted a study to determine the influence of risk factors on the age at diagnosis of patients with gallbladder cancer and to assess the interactions between these risk factors. Patients with gallbladder cancer from two...

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