Controversies and Considerations on Surgical Treatment of Gallbladder Cancer
10.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2021.20.1537
- VernacularTitle:胆囊癌外科治疗的争议与思考
- Author:
Wei LI
1
;
Jinghan WANG
;
Wencong MA
;
Xuebing SHI
;
Xiaobing WU
;
Xiaoqing JIANG
Author Information
1. Department of Biliary Tract Surgery I, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
Gallbladder cancer;
Surgical treatment;
Laparoscopic surgery;
Incidental gallbladder cancer
- From:
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment
2021;48(4):321-326
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Gallbladder cancer is a high malignancy which is predisposed to invade adjacent organs and have lymph node metastasis. Gallbladder cancer is not sensitive to radiotherapy or chemotherapy with the worst prognosis among biliary tract cancers. At present, radical resection is the only possible method to cure gallbladder cancer. However, there are still many controversies about the surgical strategies, the extent of liver resection and lymph node dissection, and the treatment of incidental gallbladder cancer. In addition, under the background of the great success of immunotherapy and targeted therapy in a variety of solid tumors, it is also a question worthy of further considerations that whether the status of surgery in the treatment of advanced gallbladder cancer will be changed in the near future.
