Rizwan Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Amanullah Khan, Shagufta Wahab, Shahid Siddiqui, Veena Maheshwari.
Advanced presentation of gall bladder cancer: epidemioclinicopathological study to evaluate the risk factors and assess the outcome.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;62(3):217-9.

Objective: To evaluate the risk factors and assess the short-term prognosis and independent prognostic factors of cases of gallbladder cancer. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the data of 52 patients of gallbladder cancer was done. Clinical presentation, laboratory investigations, treatment given, operative findings and histopathological findings were reviewed. Results: Forty-four patients were unresectable at presentation. A 2-year survival rate for early gallbladder cancer was 100% while it was only 29.2% in the advanced stage group. Conclusion: The overall 2-year survival rate was 39.58%. The TNM stage was the most important factor affecting the survival (JPMA 60:217; 2010).

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