CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2015; 36(02): 79-84
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.158829
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Indian Council of Medical Research consensus document for the management of gall bladder cancer

Hari Shankar Shukla
Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Bhawna Sirohi
Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre, Narayana Health, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Anu Behari
Department of GI Surgery, SGPGI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Atul Sharma
Department of Medical Oncology, IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Jahar Majumdar
Department of Surgical Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Manomoy Ganguly
Department of Surgery, Army Hospital, Rohtak, Haryana, India
,
Mallika Tewari
Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Sandeep Kumar
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Sunil Saini
HIMS, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
,
Peush Sahni
Department of GI Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Tomcha Singh
Department of Radiotherapy, RIMS, Imphal, Manipur, India
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Vinay Kumar Kapoor
Department of GI Surgery, SGPGI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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V Sucharita
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
,
Tanvir Kaur
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
,
Deepak Kumar Shukla
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
,
Goura Kishor Rath
Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

The document is based on consensus among the experts and best available evidence pertaining to Indian population and is meant for practice in India.All postcholecystectomy gallbladder specimens should be opened and examined carefully by the operating surgeon and be sent for histopathological examination.All "incidental" gall bladder cancers (GBCs) picked up on histopathological examination should have an expert opinion.Evaluation of a patient with early GBC should include essential tests: A computed tomography (CT) scan (multi-detector or helical) of the abdomen and pelvis for staging with a CT chest or chest X-ray, and complete blood counts, renal and liver function tests. magnetic resonance imaging/positron emission tomography (PET)-CT are not recommended for all patients.For early stage disease (up to Stage IVA), surgery is recommended. The need for adjuvant treatment would be guided by the histopathological analysis of the resected specimen.Patients with Stage IVB/metastatic disease must be assessed for palliative e.g. endoscopic or radiological intervention, chemotherapy versus best supportive care on an individual basis. These patients do not require extensive workup outside of a clinical trial setting.There is an urgent need for multicenter trials from India covering various aspects of epidemiology (viz., identification of population at high-risk, organized follow-up), clinical management (viz., bile spill during surgery, excision of all port sites, adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy) and basic research (viz., what causes GBC).



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