gallbladder neoplasms/potassium

A 70-year-old woman who underwent proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer (poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma) of Stage IIIB at age 46 visited our hospital April 2004 because of exacerbated pain by movement in the buttocks since November 2003. She showed multiple bone metastasis by CT

The symptoms of gallbladder cancer (GBC) are vague and non-specific. Therefore, GBC is often detected at an advanced or metastatic stage. The most effective treatment for GBC is surgical resection, however the majority of GBC cases are unresectable at the time of diagnosis. Therefore, numerous GBC

BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is one of the refractory diseases. Multidisciplinary approach including immunotherapy for such cancers has received much attention in recent years. METHODS A 59-year-old man underwent an extended cholecystectomy for GBC (pathological stage II, T2 N0 M0, [per UICC

In their seminal papers Hanahan and Weinberg described oncogenic processes a normal cell undergoes to be transformed into a cancer cell. The functions of ion channels in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract influence a variety of cellular processes, many of which overlap with these hallmarks of cancer.