Gallbladder cancer is the first cause of death by malignancies among women in Chile. Of the associated factors, stones is the most common, obser ved in more than 90% of patients with Gallbladder Cancer.
Majority of patients with early lesions are detected after the pathological exam of cholecystectomy specimen while detection by images such as ultrasonogram or computerized tomography is mainly performed in advanced tumor with low chance of survival.
Level of tumor infiltration in the gallbladder wall is the best method to classif y patients allowing to know the prognosis from the cholecystectomy specimen.
Surger y is the only curative treatment, mainly when it is performed in patients with small lesions such as mucosal or muscular tumors. In advanced tumors, only palliation is possible.
Probably, cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones disease is the best way of preventing the disease
Keywords:
Neoplasias de la Vesícula Biliar/diagnóstico, Neoplasias de la Vesícula Biliar/terapia, Colecistectomía, Colelitiasis/complicaciones, Cálculos Biliares, Estadificación de Neoplasias
de Aretxabala, X. ., & Maluenda, F. . (2005). Cáncer de la Vesícula Biliar. Revista Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile, 16(1), pp. 5–13. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7996.2005.78896
