Metastatic Gallbladder Cancer Treated with Curative Surgery after Cyclic Chemotherapy and Biliary Drainage / 대한췌담도학회지
Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
; : 41-47, 2018.
Article
in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Gallbladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the biliary tract and carries very poor prognosis. Surgery is an only curative modality of treatment in the gallbladder cancer. However, as most of the gallbladder cancers are diagnosed at advanced stages, surgery can be attempted in a very limited number of patients. In advanced stage, treatment option is confined to a palliative systemic chemotherapy, and biliary decompression is needed when cholangitis is suspected. We report a case of 49-year-old patient with metastatic gallbladder cancer treated with successful curative resection after several courses of palliative chemotherapy and biliary decompression.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Biliary Tract
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Cholecystectomy
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Drainage
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Cholangitis
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Decompression
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Drug Therapy
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Gallbladder
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Gallbladder Neoplasms
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article