Early Recurrence in Resected Gallbladder Carcinoma: Clinical Impact and Its Preoperative Predictive Score

• Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 5447 - 5457
• Main Authors: Yuji, Shimizu, Ryo, Ashida, Teiichi, Sugiura, Yukiyasu, Okamura, Katsuhisa, Ohgi, Mihoko, Yamada, Shimpei, Otsuka, Takeshi, Aramaki, Akifumi, Notsu, Katsuhiko, Uesaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science and Business Media LLC 01.09.2022; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Body composition; CA-19-9 Antigen; Computed tomography; Gallbladder; Gallbladder cancer; Gallbladder Neoplasms; Hepatobiliary Tumors; Humans; Medical prognosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Nomograms; Oncology; Patients; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Tumor markers; Tumors

Background Surgical resection is the only potentially curative therapy for gallbladder carcinoma (GBC). However, the postoperative recurrence rate is high (approximately 50%), and recurrence occasionally develops early after surgery. Patients and Methods A total of 139 patients who underwent macrosc...