Gallbladder Cancer

Research

Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists involved with gallbladder cancer research seek to decrease the mortality rate by actively pursuing early detection of cancer in patients who are at risk. Currently, research staff at Mayo Clinic are either planning or actively investigating:

• Optimal radiologic tests to diagnose gallbladder cancer
• Novel tests on biological specimens to diagnose gallbladder cancers early
• Novel chemotherapeutic agents
• Symptomatic treatment for unresectable cancers in patients unable to receive chemotherapy

Publications

Gunderson LL, Haddock MG, Burch PA, et al. Future role of radiotherapy as a component of treatment in biliopancreatic cancers. Ann Oncol 10 (S4): S 291-295, 1999.

Kresl JK, Schild SE, Henning GT, Gunderson LL. Adjuvant external beam radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy in the management of gallbladder carcinoma. Int J Radiat Onc Biol Phys 52:167-175, 2002.

Taner CB, Nagorney DM, Donohue JH. Surgical treatment of gallbladder cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2004 Jan;8(1):83-9; discussion 89. [Abstract]

Todoroki T, Gunderson LL, Nagorney D. Biliary Tract IORT: Bile duct and gallbladder. In Intraoperative Irradiation, Techniques and Results. (Ed) Gunderson LL, Willett CG, Harrison LB, Calvo FA. Humana Press. pp 223-248, 1999.