Gallbladder cancer epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Around 80 t0 95% of biliary tract cancers are gallbladder cancers. Epidemiological research has recognized striking geographic and ethnic difference. An excessive incidence in American Indians and Southeast Asia, but pretty low in the America and the arena.

Epidemiology and Demographics

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  • Gallbladder cancer usually affects individuals of  Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Japan, and Korea more than the rest of the world.[9]

References

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  2. Miquel JF, Covarrubias C, Villaroel L, Mingrone G, Greco AV, Puglielli L, Carvallo P, Marshall G, Del Pino G, Nervi F (1998). "Genetic epidemiology of cholesterol cholelithiasis among Chilean Hispanics, Amerindians, and Maoris". Gastroenterology. 115 (4): 937–46. PMID 9753497.
  3. Miquel JF, Covarrubias C, Villaroel L, Mingrone G, Greco AV, Puglielli L, Carvallo P, Marshall G, Del Pino G, Nervi F (1998). "Genetic epidemiology of cholesterol cholelithiasis among Chilean Hispanics, Amerindians, and Maoris". Gastroenterology. 115 (4): 937–46. PMID 9753497.
  4. Stinton LM, Shaffer EA (2012). "Epidemiology of gallbladder disease: cholelithiasis and cancer". Gut Liver. 6 (2): 172–87. doi:10.5009/gnl.2012.6.2.172. PMC 3343155. PMID 22570746.
  5. Stinton LM, Shaffer EA (2012). "Epidemiology of gallbladder disease: cholelithiasis and cancer". Gut Liver. 6 (2): 172–87. doi:10.5009/gnl.2012.6.2.172. PMC 3343155. PMID 22570746.
  6. Lazcano-Ponce EC, Miquel JF, Muñoz N, Herrero R, Ferrecio C, Wistuba II, Alonso de Ruiz P, Aristi Urista G, Nervi F (2001). "Epidemiology and molecular pathology of gallbladder cancer". CA Cancer J Clin. 51 (6): 349–64. PMID 11760569.
  7. Lazcano-Ponce EC, Miquel JF, Muñoz N, Herrero R, Ferrecio C, Wistuba II, Alonso de Ruiz P, Aristi Urista G, Nervi F (2001). "Epidemiology and molecular pathology of gallbladder cancer". CA Cancer J Clin. 51 (6): 349–64. PMID 11760569.
  8. Hundal R, Shaffer EA (2014). "Gallbladder cancer: epidemiology and outcome". Clin Epidemiol. 6: 99–109. doi:10.2147/CLEP.S37357. PMC 3952897. PMID 24634588.
  9. Strom BL, Soloway RD, Rios-Dalenz JL, Rodriguez-Martinez HA, West SL, Kinman JL, Polansky M, Berlin JA (1995). "Risk factors for gallbladder cancer. An international collaborative case-control study". Cancer. 76 (10): 1747–56. PMID 8625043.


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