Radical surgery for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder: a report of three cases, including a 10-year survivor.
We report three patients who underwent radical resections for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder, two of whom are still alive without recurrence 10 and 9 years after surgery. The other patient, who had lymph node involvement, suffered recurrence of the disease and died 9 months after surgery. Our experience indicates that radical surgery can sometimes provide a chance for long-term survival in patients with this neoplasm. Lymph node metastasis, albeit a rare event, might be a poor prognostic factor in patients with this type of gallbladder carcinoma.
Kobayashi
Akira
A
First Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Miyagawa
Shinichi
S
Miwa
Shiro
S
Nomura
Kazuhiko
K
Nakata
Takenari
T
Mihara
Motohiro
M
Kusama
Kei
K
Soeda
Junpei
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003082:Colectomy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate