Gallbladder cancer: Managing the incidental diagnosis Review


Authors: Cherkassky, L.; D'Angelica, M.
Review Title: Gallbladder cancer: Managing the incidental diagnosis
Abstract: Managing patients with incidental gallbladder cancer requires stratifying patients risk for recurrence and an appreciation for the recurrence patterns characterizing this malignancy. Although standard management includes reresection to remove sites at risk of harboring residual disease and to achieve negative resection margin status, the decision to perform surgery is tempered by an early and frequent distant recurrence, the most common cause of surgical failure. High-risk patients may benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy before reresection. The goal of curative-intent reresection is achieving R0 margin status and optimal staging while limiting morbidity and mortality. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords: prognostic factors; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; recurrence patterns; incidental gallbladder cancer management; operative strategy for reresection
Journal Title: Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
Volume: 28
Issue: 4
ISSN: 1055-3207
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.  
Date Published: 2019-10-01
Start Page: 619
End Page: 630
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2019.06.005
PUBMED: 31472909
PROVIDER: scopus
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