Common Signs & Symptoms of Gallbladder Cancer
Gallbladder cancer affects the gallbladder, a small pear-shaped organ located in your upper abdomen next to the liver. The role of the gallbladder is to store fluid called bile. The liver produces bile to help digest and absorb fats in the small bowel (or small intestine).
Stages of #gallbladdercancer are :
1) Stage I. At this stage, #gallbladder cancer is confined to the inner layers of the gallbladder.
2) Stage II. This stage of gallbladder cancer has grown to invade the outer layer of the gallbladder.
3) Stage III. At this stage, gallbladder cancer has grown to invade one or more nearby organs, such as the #liver, small intestine or stomach. The gallbladder cancer may have spread to nearby lymph nodes.
4) Stage IV. The latest stage of gallbladder cancer includes large #tumoursthat involve multiple nearby organs and tumours of any size that have spread to distant areas of the body.
2) Stage II. This stage of gallbladder cancer has grown to invade the outer layer of the gallbladder.
3) Stage III. At this stage, gallbladder cancer has grown to invade one or more nearby organs, such as the #liver, small intestine or stomach. The gallbladder cancer may have spread to nearby lymph nodes.
4) Stage IV. The latest stage of gallbladder cancer includes large #tumoursthat involve multiple nearby organs and tumours of any size that have spread to distant areas of the body.
Consult to Cancer Tumor Board group who has group of doctors with different cancer specialties that includes medical oncologist, a surgical oncologist, and a radiation oncologist to determine the best possible cancer treatment and care plan for an individual patient.
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