title: [Palliative treatment for locally advanced or metastatic gallbladder cancer: conclusions of the Latin American Consensus meeting for the management of gallbladder cancer].
abstract: Gallbladder cancer is a rare disease in Western developed countries, but it is a highly prevalent and lethal disease in Chile and other countries in Latin America. No randomized controlled trials have been performed in gallbladder cancer to establish standard treatments. We therefore performed the first Latin American consensus meeting for the management of gallbladder cancer. In this article we present the conclusions of the panel of experts for the palliative treatment of unresectable or metastatic gallbladder cancer based on a review of the literature, the discussion of the participating experts and the opinion of the assistants. The topics reviewed included: (1) Gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma--are they the same disease?; (2) Palliative chemotherapy: indications, drugs and schedules; (3) Palliative radiotherapy; (4) Palliative Surgery; (5) Management of malignant biliary obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Reñaca- Hospital Naval, Instituto Oncológico, Viña del Mar, Chile. bmuller@incancer.cl
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villanueva
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baeza
authors.forename: Xabier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: DE Aretxabala
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maluenda
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acevedo
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chuecas
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García S
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Navarrete
mesh_terms: D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D010166:Palliative Care; D012955:Societies, Medical