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Aspects on gallbladder cancer in 2014.
Current opinion in gastroenterology - 1 May 2014
Åndrén-Sandberg Ake, Deng Yang
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To discuss some key issues involved in the management of gallbladder cancer (GBC). RECENT FINDINGS: The decline in incidence and mortality of GBC began decades before the introduction of laparoscopic surgery. In consecutive autopsies and in cases in which cholelithiasis was present, the incidence of gallbladder carcinoma is 3-4%. A number of genetic alterations have been identified in the...
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