Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36302789›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2022

Gallbladder cancer.

Juan C Roa, Patricia García, Vinay K Kapoor, Shishir K Maithel, Milind Javle, Jill Koshiol

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 255 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
255citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
75.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

255 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 372 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Prediction of Gallbladder Lesions Malignancy Risk Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Arrival-Time Parametric Imaging.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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  10. Genomic landscape and clinicopathological predictors of survival in gallbladder cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  18. Human Gallbladder Cancer Organoids.Cell proliferation · 2026
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195 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Juan C RoaDepartment of Pathology, Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. croa@uc.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8313-8774
Patricia GarcíaDepartment of Pathology, Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Vinay K KapoorDepartment of Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital (MGMCH), Jaipur, India.
Shishir K MaithelDivision of Surgical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Milind JavleDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jill KoshiolInfections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLEmory University · USGandhi Medical College & Hospital · INNational Institutes of Health · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Etiology of Biliary Tract CancerZIACP010218 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI KOSHIOL, JILL · 2011 to 2025
$30.4M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA CP010218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common cancer of the biliary tract, characterized by a very poor prognosis when diagnosed at advanced stages owing to its aggressive behaviour and limited therapeutic options. Early detection at a curable stage remains challenging because patients rarely exhibit symptoms; indeed, most GBCs are discovered incidentally following cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallbladder stones. Long-standing chronic inflammation is an important driver of GBC, regardless of the lithiasic or non-lithiasic origin. Advances in omics technologies have provided a deeper understanding of GBC pathogenesis, uncovering mechanisms associated with inflammation-driven tumour initiation and progression. Surgical resection is the only treatment with curative intent for GBC but very few cases are suitable for resection and most adjuvant therapy has a very low response rate. Several unmet clinical needs require to be addressed to improve GBC management, including discovery and validation of reliable biomarkers for screening, therapy selection and prognosis. Standardization of preneoplastic and neoplastic lesion nomenclature, as well as surgical specimen processing and sampling, now provides reproducible and comparable research data that provide a basis for identifying and implementing early detection strategies and improving drug discovery. Advances in the understanding of next-generation sequencing, multidisciplinary care for GBC, neoadjuvant and adjuvant strategies, and novel systemic therapies including chemotherapy and immunotherapies are gradually changing the treatment paradigm and prognosis of this recalcitrant cancer.

Indexed as

Gallbladder NeoplasmsGallstonesCholecystectomyHumansInflammationPrognosis

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PMID36302789
PMCPMC12314663
OpenAlexW4307359779

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