title: Advanced gallbladder carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case with carcinoma of the gallbladder and recurrent metastases to regional lymph nodes is reported. Following primary surgery, secondary resection of node recurrence, and long term combination chemotherapy, the patient is alive and disease free after 9 years. The possibility of a successful cancer suppression, as mirrored by a depressed RES-function test during the treatment with anticancer drugs, is discussed. Only nine other cases with advanced gallbladder cancer and 5 year survival are found in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Athlin
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Domellöf
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents