Gallbladder Cancer, Treatment Failure and Relapses: the Peritoneum in Gallbladder Cancer

摘要

Purpose This study aims to review gallbladder cancer (GBC) and present current management strategies, factors influencing prognosis, recurrence and areas of consideration. Methodology Literature search in PubMed was made and restricted to articles published from 2002 to 2013 using the following keywords: (GBC+peritoneum and GBC+surgery+ metastasis/recurrence); abstract evaluation narrowed results to 53 articles. Twenty-six single-institution reports with 2,097 patients among 36 large-scale retrospective studies were obtained and focused on surgical outcomes.