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ArticleWorld journal of hepatology2020

Surgical treatment of gallbladder cancer: An eight-year experience in a single center.

Yasuyuki Kamada, Tomohide Hori, Hidekazu Yamamoto, Hideki Harada, Michihiro Yamamoto, Masahiro Yamada, Takefumi Yazawa, Masaki Tani, Asahi Sato, Ryotaro Tani and 3 more

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Article in World journal of hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasuyuki KamadaDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Tomohide HoriDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan. horitomo55office@yahoo.co.jp.
Hidekazu YamamotoDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Hideki HaradaDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Michihiro YamamotoDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Masahiro YamadaDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Takefumi YazawaDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Masaki TaniDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Asahi SatoDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Ryotaro TaniDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Ryuhei AoyamaDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Yudai SasakiDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Masazumi ZaimaDepartment of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan.
Shiga Medical Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common biliary malignancy and has the worst prognosis, but aggressive surgeries [

aimTo present our data together with a discussion of the therapeutic strategies for GBC.

methodsWe retrospectively investigated nineteen GBC patients who underwent surgical treatment.

resultsNearly all symptomatic patients had poor outcomes, while suspicious or incidental GBCs at early stages showed excellent outcomes without the need for two-stage surgery. Lymph nodes around the cystic duct were reliable sentinel nodes in suspicious/incidental GBCs. Intentional LN dissection and EHBD resection prevented metastases or recurrence in early-stage GBCs but not in advanced GBCs with metastatic LNs or invasion of the nerve plexus. All patients with positive surgical margins (

conclusionOutcomes for GBC patients remain unacceptable, and improved therapeutic strategies, including neoadjuvant chemotherapy, optimal surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, should be considered for patients with advanced GBCs.

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Extrahepatic bile ductGallbladder cancerLymph nodeMetastasisOutcomePrognosisSurgery

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