Can gallbladder cancer be cured?

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Thank you for your query.

This is most likely metastatic gall bladder cancer, as mentioned by the radiologist but needs a biopsy to confirm and to further characterize the tumor. Your friend can be treated with palliative chemotherapy. It will not cure the disease but will give some relief depending on the response to chemotherapy. Palliative chemotherapy will also depend on the patient's condition if he can tolerate chemotherapy.

The only way to cure such tumors is surgery if detected at an early stage when the whole tumor can be removed.

I hope this has helped you.

Thank you.

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I went through your friend's report; this biopsy report (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity) is not showing any evidence of cancer. But clinically and radiologically, it is most likely to be cancer of the gall bladder. The cancer mass obstructed bile drainage, so it improved after installing the stent.

I suggest getting an ultrasound done or CT (computed tomography) guided biopsy from a mass in the gall bladder region or another mass as per a radiologist's ease.

I hope this has helped you.

Thank you.

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Only a tissue biopsy from the actual mass will be needed.

Thank you.