Gallbladder Cancer - Latest News and Research Updates

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Gallbladder Infection Surgery Safer During Pregnancy Than After

Cholecystitis is a condition when gallstones cause inflammation of the gallbladder. Cholecytitis is common during pregnancy resulting in intense pain. Surgery to remove gallbladder during pregnancy is better than postponing the surgery until after ...

Gallbladder Removal: Fresh Insights

Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) was associated with better outcomes when performed soon after hospital admission, according to research findings presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2019. People who have ...

Gallbladder Removal Surgery During Pregnancy Linked to Adverse Maternal Outcomes

Pregnant women should consider postponing surgical treatment when faced with painful gallstones until after childbirth, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons . Pregnant ...

IMP2 Protein Might be Responsible for Gallbladder Tumor Growth

Highlights Gallbladder cancer patients often don’t present few or no symptoms for a long time and remain undiagnosed until the very last stage A protein called IMP2 has found to be linked to the tumour growth The IMP2 protein can act ...

Four New Genes May Increase Risk of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Highlights: Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a liver condition whose exact cause is not known Four genes associated with an increased risk of the condition, making the total number of genes associated with primary ...

Updates on the Devastating Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Liver Disease

Primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC, is a condition that damages the ducts that carry digestive bile from the liver to the small intestine. Many individuals affected by this disease eventually require a liver transplant for continued survival. ...

Typhoid Fever Control Key To Prevent Gallbladder Cancer In India and Pakistan

Controlling bacterial infections responsible for typhoid fever could reduce the risk of gallbladder cancer in India and Pakistan, a team of scientists including an Indian researcher said. The findings establish the causal link between bacterial ...

Gallbladder Surgery can Wait: Study

Procedure to remove the gallbladder, laproscopic cholecystectomy, is a minimally invasive procedure. It is one of the most common abdominal surgeries in the U.S. Yet medical centers around the country vary in their approaches to the procedure with ...

Gallbladder Removal for Suspected Stone may Hold Benefits

Removal of the gallbladder among patients with duct stones is linked to reduced length of hospital stay as compared to an endoscopic assessment followed by the removal, a study has found. Many common duct stones eventually pass into the ...

Reduction in Risk of Common Duct Injury Not Associated With X-ray of Ducts During Gallbladder Surgery

A study has revealed that in an analysis of a procedure used to help prevent common duct injury during gallbladder removal surgery, use of intraoperative cholangiography (radiologic examination of the ducts during gallbladder surgery) was not ...

Oral Hormone Replacement Therapy Increases the Risk of Gallbladder Disease in Menopausal Women

Gallstone disease and subsequent surgeries are potential risk factors for menopausal women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), warns a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study involved women enrolled in a ...

Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal may be Enhanced by New Tools and Techniques

Clinical experience among gastroenterologists indicates that laparoscopic management of gallbladder disease offers a less invasive alternative to open surgery. Surgical outcomes continue to improve as new techniques and tools become available ...

Pain Pattern Suggests Higher Benefit from Gallbladder Removal Surgery

Better understanding of a patient's abdominal pain could help physicians know which patients will benefit most from surgical removal of the gallbladder, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology . Clinical ...

The Pill Does Not Increase Risk of Gallbladder Disease

Contrary to speculation, the new generation of birth control pills currently on the market do increase the risk of gall bladder disease, but only marginally, a new report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reveals. Researchers ...

Delaying Gallbladder Removal Could Prove Fatal In Elderly

Delaying gallbladder removal could prove fatal in elderly, according to a new study. Gallstone disease is the most costly digestive disease in the United States, with approximately 20 million people having the disorder. Annually, gallstone disease ...

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Glossary - Unresectable Gallbladder Cancer

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