Gallbladder carcinoma is an aggressive, rapidly fatal disease unless
discovered at an early stage.The symptoms of gallbladder cancer are
typically those of benign gallbladder disease.Given the nonspecific
presentation of patients with gallbladder carcinoma, the disease is
difficult to diagnose preoperatively.Unfortunately, there are no
reliable tumor markers too. A review of risk factors for the
development of Gallbladder Carcinoma (GBC), clinical findings and
possible diagnostic modalities has been posted on:
http://www.surgerysearch.blogspot.com/
Dr. Jitendra Agrawal, Kanpur, India.
