title: [Biliary lithiasis and carcinoma of the gallbladder].
abstract: Gallstones are a major risk factor for gallbladder cancer, but only few patients with stone experience develop this tumor. To examine this relationship, twenty-one patients with gallbladder cancer referred to our Institute over a 26-year period were studied. The tumor was most common in older females (95.2%) (median age 69.2 years). Seventy-six percent of patients had gallstones. The cell type in 57.1% of patients was adenocarcinoma. The prognosis is poor, the median survival time was 6.7 months.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boneschi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eusebio
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bortolani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Litiasi biliare e carcinoma della colecisti.