Gallbladder cancer can be treated with cholecystectomy

Gallbladder cancer can be treated with cholecystectomy, which is to directly remove the lesion. Do you know what other treatments there are for gallbladder cancer? In fact, in addition to cholecystectomy, there are other methods. What are the general treatments for gallbladder cancer ?

The treatment of gallbladder cancer mainly focuses on the following aspects:

The treatment of gallbladder cancer mainly relies on surgical resection. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are less effective and less sensitive for gallbladder cancer.

The prognosis of gallbladder cancer is poor, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 1%. Since gallbladder cancer is closely related to gallstones, patients with gallstones must be followed up regularly and, if necessary, undergo cholecystectomy, which has a certain positive effect on preventing gallbladder cancer.

1. Cholecystectomy: This treatment for gallbladder cancer is suitable for patients whose tumors are limited to the gallbladder mucosal layer. For patients whose tumors have invaded the gallbladder muscle layer and the entire layer, regional lymph node dissection is required.

2. Extended cholecystectomy: If the patient's gallbladder cancer has already metastasized, such as to the liver hilum, around the common bile duct, and to the lymph nodes behind the duodenum, but there is no metastasis inside the liver, extended cholecystectomy can be chosen, that is, to remove the diseased gallbladder and the surrounding lymph nodes, tuberculosis, and adipose tissue. This is the treatment of gallbladder cancer.

3. Palliative surgery: The purpose of this treatment for gallbladder cancer is to perform bile duct drainage to relieve bile duct obstruction, or gastrojejunostomy to relieve pyloric obstruction, aiming to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced gallbladder cancer.

4. Non-surgical treatment: Chemotherapy drugs have little effect on gallbladder cancer and have great side effects; radiotherapy can help relieve symptoms and prolong survival, but the effect is also unsatisfactory. This is also the treatment of gallbladder cancer.

The above is the explanation given by experts on the treatment of gallbladder cancer. I hope it can help you answer your questions. Experts remind everyone that if you suffer from any disease in your daily life, you must not delay treatment. This is very dangerous. Some diseases will worsen or cause other diseases.

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