What is Gall Bladder Cancer?
What is Gall Bladder Cancer?
- Gall Bladder Cancer: Cancer of the gall bladder.
- Gall Bladder Cancer: Primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder.
Source - Diseases Database
Gall Bladder Cancer: Introduction
Types of Gall Bladder Cancer:
Broader types of Gall Bladder Cancer:
How many people get Gall Bladder Cancer?
Incidence (annual) of Gall Bladder Cancer: 7,100 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: gallbladder and other biliary)
Incidence Rate of Gall Bladder Cancer: approx 1 in 38,309 or 0.00% or 7,100 people in USA [about data]
How serious is Gall Bladder Cancer?
Complications of Gall Bladder Cancer:
see complications of Gall Bladder Cancer
Deaths for Gall Bladder Cancer: 3,540 estimated deaths for gall bladder/biliary cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
What causes Gall Bladder Cancer?
Causes of Gall Bladder Cancer: see causes of Gall Bladder Cancer
What are the symptoms of Gall Bladder Cancer?
Symptoms of Gall Bladder Cancer:
see symptoms of Gall Bladder Cancer
Complications of Gall Bladder Cancer:
see complications of Gall Bladder Cancer
Can anyone else get Gall Bladder Cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Gall Bladder Cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gall Bladder Cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gall Bladder Cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Gall Bladder Cancer:
see treatments for Gall Bladder Cancer
Research for Gall Bladder Cancer:
see research for Gall Bladder Cancer
Society issues for Gall Bladder Cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Gall Bladder Cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Gall Bladder Cancer:
- 0.008% (1,010) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of gallbladder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 84% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gallbladder required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 33% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gallbladder were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 67% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gallbladder were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gallbladder required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 12.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of gallbladder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Gall Bladder Cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Gall Bladder Cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Gall Bladder Cancer
Main name of condition: Gall Bladder Cancer
Class of Condition for Gall Bladder Cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Gall Bladder Cancer:
Gallbladder tumor, Gall bladder tumor
Gall bladder carcinoma
Source - Diseases Database
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