GI Surgery - Medical Tutorials

To stage and grade gallbladder cancer and to provide guidelines for treatment

Stage I and II cancer are treated with cholecystectomy

Stage III and IV have a poor prognosis, but this may be improved by radical surgery

In stage V carcinoma surgery will not affect the poor outcome

If a combined score is made of the stage score plus the grading score, a score of 2-4 has a 5 year survival of 78%

A higher score has a 1 year survival of less than 50%