In patients whose gallbladder cancer is discovered incidentally, surgeons should aim to perform re-resection from 4 to 8 weeks after their initial surgery to optimize overall survival, a ...

Doctors don’t know exactly what causes gallbladder cancer. They do know that, like all cancer, an error, known as a mutation, in a person’s DNA causes uncontrolled rapid growth of cells. As the number ...

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Determination of Severity of Acute Cholecystitis. Comparison of Access-Port Locations and Diameters for Conventional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Mini-Laparoscopic ...

Gallbladder cancer is quite rare. Fewer than 5,000 Americans are diagnosed with it each year. That’s about 1% of all cancer types. But gallbladder cancers are among the most lethal. Fewer than 1 in 5 ...

Researchers at Tezpur University in India have identified a panel of circulating microRNAs in blood serum that may help distinguish gallbladder cancer from benign conditions, offering a potential ...

The gallbladder plays a role in digestion by secreting bile to help digest fats after meals. Problems with the gallbladder are often related to gallstones. They can cause biliary colic (gallbladder ...

Gallbladder cancer surgery involves removing the gallbladder. There are several different types of this surgery. In some circumstances, removing the gallbladder may cure a person’s cancer. The ...