Advanced presentation of Gallbladder cancer: Epidemioclinicopathological study to evaluate the risk factors and assess the outcome

Objective: to evaluate the risk factors and assess the short-term prognosis and independent prognostic factors of cases of gallbladder cancer. methods: a retrospective analysis of the data of 52 patients of gallbladder cancer was done. clinical presentation, laboratory investigations, treatment given, operative findings and histopathological findings were reviewed. results: forty-four patients were unresectable at presentation. a 2-year survival rate for early gallbladder cancer was 100% while it was only 29.2% in the advanced stage group. conclusion: the overall 2-year survival rate was 39.58%. the tnm stage was the most important factor affecting the survival.