¿Es el cáncer de la vesícula biliar una enfermedad de mal pronóstico en Chile? / Is galbladder cancer a tumor with bad prognosis?
Rev. méd. Chile
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130(11): 1295-1302, nov. 2002. tab, graf
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMO
Gallbladder cancer is frequent in Chile, but it is not uniformly mortal. The diagnosis is usually made after a cholecystectomy. indicated for a symptomatic cholelithiasis. Global survival of gallbladder cancer can be as high as 40 percent at five years. In 69 percent of women of less than 30 years old, the tumor is detected in early stages. In these cases, cholecystectomy is the curative procedure, with a 90 percent survival at five years. According to our experience, cholecystectomies should be performed between 40 and 50 years of age in men and between 30 and 40 years in women. The prognostic factors that should be considered are symptoms associated to lithiasis, age, parity, obesity, size of stones and the size of the gallbladder. If the tumor is detected in early stages, the survival is good. The natural history of the disease would change significantly if all women with symptomatic stones were operated
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Gallbladder Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Chile
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