(Boston)—In the United States, approximately 55% of resected gallbladder cancer (GBC) patients undergo oncologic surgery without additional systemic treatment. However, as GBC progresses to the ...

The gallbladder acts as a storage reservoir for bile, a fluid essential for breaking down dietary fats. Biliary colic often strikes after fatty meals when the organ contracts against a blockage. Pain ...

SMS hospitalJaipur: The city’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital successfully performed a rare, high-risk laparoscopic surgery on a 106-year-old woman, removing her gallbladder and extracting stones from ...

The gall bladder is a small pouch behind the liver, deep within the abdomen, making physical detection nearly impossible during routine exams unless grossly enlarged.

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 11:40 p.m. Dr. Vatche Agopian, a liver transplant hepatobiliary surgeon at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Donya Hassanshahi during February’s Gallbladder ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a soon-to-be 85-year-old healthy woman. I take a statin and baby aspirin (I assume because of my age) and have my gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under control. I have ...

Gallbladder cancer in females can cause symptoms such as jaundice, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite. Symptoms may not appear until the cancer advances. While gallbladder cancer is more common in ...