Adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder in two siblings.
The authors present two siblings with adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. This is the third report on familial occurrence of such disease. The cancer was diagnosed at age earlier than usual. One of the patients did not have gallstones. The literature is reviewed. Remarks are made about the relationship between heredity and cancer.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged