Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: Case Report
Sahar Dashti, Maryam Garousi, Elahe Mirzaee, Navid Abdi, Mastaneh Sanei · 2024
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Description
Sahar Dashti and four co-authors report a rare pure squamous cell cancer of the gallbladder, in this 2024 case paper. Most gallbladder cancers are adenocarcinomas; the squamous type accounts for about one percent of malignant gallbladder tumors. It is usually advanced when found and carries a poor prognosis.
Their patient was a 37-year-old man with a poorly differentiated tumor. Surgeons removed the gallbladder, part of the liver, the right colon, and nearby lymph nodes. Six courses of FOLFOX chemotherapy followed. Two months later, scans found liver spread. A new regimen, gemcitabine and cisplatin plus the immunotherapy pembrolizumab, held the disease stable after three courses. The authors note surgery is the mainstay and no standard adjuvant therapy exists. They offer the case as one data point on combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy for this rare cancer.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sahar Dashti, Maryam Garousi, Elahe Mirzaee, Navid Abdi, Mastaneh Sanei |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |