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Role of adjuvant therapy in resected gallbladder cancer.

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452Background: Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for patients with gallbladder cancer, despite surgical advances many patients ultimately develop recurrent disease. Management of resected gallbladder cancer mostly relies on… Click to show full abstract

452Background: Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for patients with gallbladder cancer, despite surgical advances many patients ultimately develop recurrent disease. Management of resected gallbladder cancer mostly relies on single-arm trials and retrospective observations. The purpose of our study is to assess the role of adjuvant therapy in stage I-III gallbladder cancer patients who have undergone surgical resection. Methods: Clinical data were collected on 251 patients who underwent surgical resection for stage I-III gallbladder cancer and presented to Mayo clinic from January 2000-December 2015. Patients were then classified into adjuvant treatment group and surveillance only group. Overall survival and recurrence were compared between the two groups. Results: 78 (31.1%) patients received adjuvant therapy while 173 patients were observed only. Patients who received adjuvant tended to be younger (63.0[SD 11] vs 66.2 [SD 13.1]), have higher stage, and underwent extended surgery. Most pat...

Keywords: cancer; gallbladder cancer; adjuvant therapy; resected gallbladder

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2018

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