Cancer of the Gallbladder: New Research (Horizons in Cancer Research, Band 38) - Hardcover

Whitten, John T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1600212409 ISBN 13: 9781600212406

Verlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Gallbladder cancer is characterised by delayed diagnosis, ineffective treatment and poor prognosis. Surgical resection is considered the treatment of choice for radical therapy (cure), however only a minority have early (stage I) gallbladder cancer, usually found incidentally during cholecystectomy. The role of other adjutant radical or palliative therapies in gallbladder cancer has not been fully clarified in the literature. Chemotherapy is experimental and is not very helpful, while the role of radiotherapy is controversial. It appears that gallbladder carcinomas are not as radio-resistant as was formerly thought. In the majority of cases radiotherapy has a palliative role and occasionally plays an important function in the cure of the disease in combination with complete surgical resection. This book gathers significant new research on the subject of gallbladder cancer.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1600212409
• ISBN 13: 9781600212406
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158
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