Contemporary Management for Gallbladder Cancer: From Diagnosis to Treatment
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2024 | Viewed by 242
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biliary cancer; liver cancer; pancreatic cancer; liquid biopsy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gallbladder cancer (GBCA) is a rare, but aggressive disease with a propensity for early invasion of the adjacent organs and dissemination to lymph nodes and peritoneal surfaces. As patients with GBCA often remain asymptomatic until the advanced stage, it has historically been considered an incurable disease with dismal prognosis, and the clinical attitude towards GBCA has been characterized by pessimism in the past. In recent decades, however, chemotherapy for biliary cancer has evolved and more effective regimens are more commonly used in the management of GBCA. Furthermore, along with recent increased use of computed tomography or abdominal ultrasound in general practice, the number of patients with GBCA incidentally discovered at the early stage has been increasing. Thus, in this Special Issue, we call for papers on the contemporary management for patients with GBCA and its outcomes. The scope includes modern multidisciplinary approaches for advanced GBCA, strategies for early GBCA, and other translational research for novel diagnostic/therapeutic strategies.
Dr. Hiromichi Ito
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gallbladder cancer
- radical cholecystectomy
- adjuvant chemotherapy
- neoadjuvant therapy
- incidental gallbladder cancer
- multidisciplinary management
- preoperative staging
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