Title: Carcinoma of the gallbladder in California: 1955–1969
Abstract: Abstract Appropriate data from the California Tumor Registry and related sources were analyzed for carcinoma of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts including the ampulla of Vater (ICD No. 155.1,8). The median age for gallbladder cancer cases was 70.3 yr; the sex ratio was 1.88: 1. Regional spread of gallbladder cancer occurred in 33 per cent of the cases. There has been an improvement in the 5-yr survival of gallbladder cancer (relative 5-yr survival rate is 7 per cent) due to the increasing percentage of cases with localized disease who were treated with surgery. For localized cases the relative 5-yr survival rate is 23 per cent. Prophylactic operations for patients with cholelithiasis should take into consideration the epidemiologic data herein reported on the high incidence of gallbladder cancer in people over age 60, Japanese women, and Japanese migrants to the United States.
Publication Year: 1972
Publication Date: 1972-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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