Impact of longitudinal tumor location on postoperative outcomes in gallbladder cancer: Fundus and body vs. neck and cystic duct, a retrospective multicenter study.
Kil Hwan KimJu Ik MoonJae Woo ParkYunghun YouHae Il JungHanlim ChoiSi Eun HwangSungho JoPublished in: Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery (2024)
NC-GBC exhibits more frequent elevation of preoperative CA 19-9 levels, more advanced histologic grade and tumor stages, lower R0 resection rates, and poorer overall and disease-free survival rates, compared to FB-GBC. However, the longitudinal tumor location was not analyzed as an independent prognostic factor.