A new option to ameliorate quality of life of advanced gallbladder carcinoma?

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 12:56 in Health & Medicine

GBC has very poor prognosis. Conventional surgery is considered the most effective treatment, but many cases are inoperable at the time of diagnosis. More recently, chemotherapy has shown activity in gallbladder cancer. However, no generally accepted standard chemotherapy for advanced, non-resectable cancer of the gallbladder or biliary tree has yet been established.

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