Gallbladder Cancer

Gallbladder cancer is uncommon and generally affects individuals aged 70 and older. Early diagnosis often leads to favorable outcomes, but many cases are identified at an advanced stage, leading to a poor prognosis.

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Your team at Phoebe Cancer Center will create a treatment plan based on the latest findings of medical research, and your personal needs and preferences. Our treatment program uses a multi-disciplinary team approach to customized cancer care, helping build goals, set expectations, and explain any potential side effects of available treatments.

 

 

Types of Gallbladder Cancers We Treat:

The majority of gallbladder cancers are adenocarcinomas, originating in the cells lining the gallbladder’s interior. There are other rarer types, which include papillary adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma and carcinosarcoma.

  • Adenocarcinoma: This is the most common type of gallbladder cancer, accounting for about 90% of cases. It develops in the gland-like cells that line the inside of the gallbladder.
  • Papillary Adenocarcinoma: This is a rare type of adenocarcinoma that is less likely to spread to the liver or nearby lymph nodes and often has a better prognosis than other types of gallbladder adenocarcinomas.
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma: This type of cancer develops from the skin-like cells that line the gallbladder.
  • Adenosquamous Carcinoma: This type of cancer contains both squamous and glandular cancer cells.
  • Carcinosarcoma: This is a rare type of cancer that contains both glandular and non-glandular (sarcomatous) cells.

Treatment

Treatment options for gallbladder cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. The most effective surgical method is radical cholecystectomy, where the gallbladder, certain lymph nodes, and nearby tissues around the tumor are removed.

Our Team Approach

Phoebe Cancer Center’s expert care team of skilled surgeons, radiologists, and nurses will help guide you through the treatment and post-treatment healing process. Our full team approach to cancer care, means providing a highly collaborative effort to deliver comprehensive cancer care to our cancer patients. This multidisciplinary approach engages a range of providers across our care community, to ensure we look at every angle for each patients’ unique case.

For more information, please call:
229-312-7124

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Cancer Support Group

At times, we just need to be with a group of people who truly understand the concerns and celebrations we face on our cancer journey.

Our Survivorship Support Group generally meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at noon.

Please call 229-312-1000 to confirm this month’s schedule or to get more information about our cancer support groups.