GALLBLADDER CANCER
DR SUJAN PANDEY
SURGERY RESIDENT
ANATOMY OF GALLBLADDER
• Length = 7 to 10 cm
• Capacity = 30-50 ml
• Divided into
 Fundus
 Body
 Infundibulum
 neck
LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
INTRODUCTION
EPIDEMIOLOGY:
 Most common biliary malignancy.
 Occurs in 6th -7th decade
 Two to three times more common in women than in
men.
 Highest incidence in india ,pakistan ,north america
,native americans and immigrants from latin america.
 Only 15-17% are resectable.
 5 year overall survival is <5%(median survival rate 6
months.
ETIOLOGY
 3% of gallstones with cholecystitis will develop carcinoma of
gallbladder.
 90% of carcinoma of gallbladder is associated with gallstones.
 Risk of developing carcinoma in gallstone disease is 7–10 times
more than general population.
 Relative risk is less if stone size is less than 2 cm it is 10 or more in
number and if stone size is more than 3 cm.
 Choledochal cyst, anomalous pancreaticobiliary duct junction
(20%), cholesteroses of gallbladder, gallbladder polyp more than
10 mm in size or more than 3 in number or adenomatous polyp,
PSC.
 Chronic typhoid carriers, carcinogens, inflammatory
bowel disease, hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus
infection.
 Porcelain gallbladder is more prone for malignant
transformation (10-25%) and 90% of them are
inoperable tumours.
 Nitrosamines.
 Infection :H pylori , salmonella
 Polypoid lesions (GB polyp), xanthogranulomatous
cholecystitis.
PATHOLOGY
• SITE OF ORIGIN:
Fundus (60%)
Body (20%)
Neck (10%)
• Morphological Types of Carcinoma Gallbladder
 Polypoid/papillary-
• Better prognosis.
• Cauliflower appearance
• Fil lumen with only minimal invasion of wall
• Lower incidence of node metastasis
 Nodular-
• Mass forming
• Show early invasion through wall into liver or neighbouring organ ,but
easier to control surgically because of sharply defined borders.
 Infiltrative:
• most common form
• Cause thickening and induration of gallbladder wall
• spread in subserosal plane .
• Margin not well defined
 Combined (nodular-infiltrative).
Histological types
Adenocarcinomas (80-90%)
Squamous/adenosuamous (2-4%)
Neuroendocrine carcinoma(3%)
Sarcoma (0.2 -1.6%)
Unspecified (1.1%)
melanoma (<1%).
Spread of Carcinoma Gallbladder:
• GB located under liver adjacent to segment
Ivb and V .
• Wall considerably thinner than other hollow
organs .
• Lacks submucosal layer.
• Has thin wall , a narrow lamina propria , only
single muscle layer.
• Serosa along liver edge is more densely
adherent to liver (cystic plate).
Modes of spread
• Direct spread to liver (segment IV and V), bile
duct, duodenum, colon and kidney.
• Lymphatic—lymph node of Lund, periportal
nodes, peripancreatic and periduodenal nodes.
• Intraperitoneal
• Intraductal
• Blood spread—to liver(m/c), lungs and bones.
• Perineural spread is also known to occur.
STAGING
• NEVIN STAGING SYSTEM
• JAPANESE BILIARY SURGICAL SOCIETY
• AJCC / TNM STAGING SYSTEM 8TH EDITION
NEVIN STAGING
• Stage I – Intramural
• Stage II – Spread to muscularis propria
• Stage III – Spread to serosa
• Stage IV – Spread to cystic lymph node of Lund
• Stage V – Direct spread to adjacent
organs/metastases.
AJCC/TNM STAGING
Features of Carcinoma of Gallbladder:
• Pain in right hypochondrium, mass in right upper abdomen
which is hard and nontender.
• Jaundice is common.
• Significant weight loss in short duration, anorexia
• Acute presentation of cholecystitis.
• Palpable nodular liver secondaries, ascites.
• It is common in places where there is more prevalence of
gallstone disease.
• It is common in females.
• Incidentally confirmed as carcinoma gallbladder
histologically after cholecystectomy for chronic
cholecystitis.
• Palpable mass is clearly an omnious finding and predicts a
high rate of irresectability and advance disease.
• Jaundice is representative of locally advance disease.
• Sign of advance disease (wt loss, jaundice ,anorexia
,palpaple mass)
• Three clinical presentations – 1. Clinically obvious type with
pain, obstructive jaundice, mass. 2. Early GB cancer mimics
GB stone disease. 3. Atypical as unusual features.
DIAGNOSIS
• Laboratory examination generally is not helpful
except to identify signs of advanced disease, such
as:
• Anemia
• Hypoalbuminemia
• Leukocytosis, and
• Elevated alkaline phosphate or bilirubin levels.
• Carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate
antigen 19-9 may be elevated in gallbladder
cancer.
Investigation
• Ultrasound abdomen.
• CT abdomen to see operability.
• US-guided FNAC.
• Liver function tests.
• MRCP.
• Staging Laparoscopy.
• CA 19-9 is elevated in 80% of cases.
USG ABDOMEN
• Ultrasonography is generally the
first examination used in the
evaluation of right upper
quadrant pain.
Ultrasonographic findings:
 Gallbladder cancer include an
irregularly shaped lesion in the
subhepatic space, heterogeneous
mass in the gallbladder lumen,
and asymmetrically thickened
gallbladder wall .
 The finding of a polyp larger than
10 mm should raise the suspicion
of gallbladder cancer.
CT abdomen
• For complete staging
• Evaluation of regional
nodes .
• Diagnosis of extrahepatic
disease
• Identify Hepatic artery or
portal venous
invovement.
• More anatomic
information than
ultrasound .
CT SCAN
Features suggestive of CA GB :
Heterogenous mass replacing gallbladder.
Focal or diffuse wall thickening.
Heterogenously enhancing discrete
intraluminal mass.
Discontinous thickening of gallbladder
mucosa.
• MRI/MRCP:
• Sensitivities of 70-100% for hepatic invasion
• 60-75% for lymphnode metastasis.
• But does not change the preoperative stage as
determined by CT SCAN.
• TYPICAL CHOLANGIOGRAPHIC FINDING:
long stricture of common hepatic duct.
Unrestable or incurable CA GB:percutenous biopsy
or FNAC for confirmatory tissue diagnosis.
PET :
• Detects occult peritoneal ,omental and LN
metastases.
• Sensitivity:57-86%
• Specificity:78-94%
TUMOR MARKER
• BEST tumor marker of CA GB carbohydrate
antigen 19-9(>20u/ml) 75% sensitivity and
specificity .
• CEA >4ng/ml is associated with 93% specificity
but 50% sensitivity.
Management modalities available
• 1)staging laparascopy
• 2)laparotomy
• 3)interaortocaval lymphnode frozen section
• 4)cholecystectomy –simple/radical
• 5)multivisceral resection
• 6)CBD excision
• 7)Major hepatectomy
• 8)Adjuvent therapy
Staging laparoscopy
• Prevent unnecessary surgical exploration (38-62%)
• Can determine oncologicaly unresectable(23%)
• Detection rate increases by :
 laparoscopic ultrasound .
 inter-aortocaval LN frozen section evaluation.
Standard Surgical Treatment
• Complete resection with negative margins remains the only
curative treatment.
• T1a with negative cystic duct margin :no further therapy .
• T1a with positive cystic duct margin: Resection of cystic
duct or CBD to negative margin .
•
• Radical / extended cholecystectomy: recommended for T1b
, T2 and some T3 with localised hepatic invasion and
limited regional node involvement.
RADICAL/EXTENDED
CHOLECYSTECTOMY
• Cholecystectomy(excision of whole GB).
• Limited hepatic resection (typically segments
IVb and V)
• Portal lymphadectomy(cystic
duct,pericholedochal ,periportal and posterior
pancreaticoduodenal and local interaortocaval
lymphnodes,celiac axis node) along with
hepatoduodenal ligament .
Lymph node dissection
• Frozen section biopsy from cystic duct stump
should be done to identify for the existence of
microscopic tumour. If present, CBD resection
and hepaticojejunostomy is done . Open
approach rather than laparoscopic is ideal for
carcinoma gallbladder.
• Hemihepatectomy with cholecystectomy with
nodal clearance.
• During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, any
suspicious of GB cancer, procedure should be
converted into open cholecystectomy.
• T4 N0: extended cholecystectomy with
extended right hepatectomy.
• N1 or hilar invasion:Extended
cholecystectomy with CBD resection.
• N2 or M1 disease :clinical trial
(chemoradiation or chemotherapy)
SURVIVAL
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    GALLBLADDER CANCER DR SUJANPANDEY SURGERY RESIDENT
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    ANATOMY OF GALLBLADDER •Length = 7 to 10 cm • Capacity = 30-50 ml • Divided into  Fundus  Body  Infundibulum  neck
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    INTRODUCTION EPIDEMIOLOGY:  Most commonbiliary malignancy.  Occurs in 6th -7th decade  Two to three times more common in women than in men.  Highest incidence in india ,pakistan ,north america ,native americans and immigrants from latin america.  Only 15-17% are resectable.  5 year overall survival is <5%(median survival rate 6 months.
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    ETIOLOGY  3% ofgallstones with cholecystitis will develop carcinoma of gallbladder.  90% of carcinoma of gallbladder is associated with gallstones.  Risk of developing carcinoma in gallstone disease is 7–10 times more than general population.  Relative risk is less if stone size is less than 2 cm it is 10 or more in number and if stone size is more than 3 cm.  Choledochal cyst, anomalous pancreaticobiliary duct junction (20%), cholesteroses of gallbladder, gallbladder polyp more than 10 mm in size or more than 3 in number or adenomatous polyp, PSC.
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     Chronic typhoidcarriers, carcinogens, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection.  Porcelain gallbladder is more prone for malignant transformation (10-25%) and 90% of them are inoperable tumours.  Nitrosamines.  Infection :H pylori , salmonella  Polypoid lesions (GB polyp), xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
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    PATHOLOGY • SITE OFORIGIN: Fundus (60%) Body (20%) Neck (10%)
  • 8.
    • Morphological Typesof Carcinoma Gallbladder  Polypoid/papillary- • Better prognosis. • Cauliflower appearance • Fil lumen with only minimal invasion of wall • Lower incidence of node metastasis  Nodular- • Mass forming • Show early invasion through wall into liver or neighbouring organ ,but easier to control surgically because of sharply defined borders.  Infiltrative: • most common form • Cause thickening and induration of gallbladder wall • spread in subserosal plane . • Margin not well defined  Combined (nodular-infiltrative).
  • 9.
    Histological types Adenocarcinomas (80-90%) Squamous/adenosuamous(2-4%) Neuroendocrine carcinoma(3%) Sarcoma (0.2 -1.6%) Unspecified (1.1%) melanoma (<1%).
  • 10.
    Spread of CarcinomaGallbladder: • GB located under liver adjacent to segment Ivb and V . • Wall considerably thinner than other hollow organs . • Lacks submucosal layer. • Has thin wall , a narrow lamina propria , only single muscle layer. • Serosa along liver edge is more densely adherent to liver (cystic plate).
  • 11.
    Modes of spread •Direct spread to liver (segment IV and V), bile duct, duodenum, colon and kidney. • Lymphatic—lymph node of Lund, periportal nodes, peripancreatic and periduodenal nodes. • Intraperitoneal • Intraductal • Blood spread—to liver(m/c), lungs and bones. • Perineural spread is also known to occur.
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    STAGING • NEVIN STAGINGSYSTEM • JAPANESE BILIARY SURGICAL SOCIETY • AJCC / TNM STAGING SYSTEM 8TH EDITION
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    NEVIN STAGING • StageI – Intramural • Stage II – Spread to muscularis propria • Stage III – Spread to serosa • Stage IV – Spread to cystic lymph node of Lund • Stage V – Direct spread to adjacent organs/metastases.
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    Features of Carcinomaof Gallbladder: • Pain in right hypochondrium, mass in right upper abdomen which is hard and nontender. • Jaundice is common. • Significant weight loss in short duration, anorexia • Acute presentation of cholecystitis. • Palpable nodular liver secondaries, ascites. • It is common in places where there is more prevalence of gallstone disease. • It is common in females.
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    • Incidentally confirmedas carcinoma gallbladder histologically after cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis. • Palpable mass is clearly an omnious finding and predicts a high rate of irresectability and advance disease. • Jaundice is representative of locally advance disease. • Sign of advance disease (wt loss, jaundice ,anorexia ,palpaple mass) • Three clinical presentations – 1. Clinically obvious type with pain, obstructive jaundice, mass. 2. Early GB cancer mimics GB stone disease. 3. Atypical as unusual features.
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    DIAGNOSIS • Laboratory examinationgenerally is not helpful except to identify signs of advanced disease, such as: • Anemia • Hypoalbuminemia • Leukocytosis, and • Elevated alkaline phosphate or bilirubin levels. • Carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 may be elevated in gallbladder cancer.
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    Investigation • Ultrasound abdomen. •CT abdomen to see operability. • US-guided FNAC. • Liver function tests. • MRCP. • Staging Laparoscopy. • CA 19-9 is elevated in 80% of cases.
  • 20.
    USG ABDOMEN • Ultrasonographyis generally the first examination used in the evaluation of right upper quadrant pain. Ultrasonographic findings:  Gallbladder cancer include an irregularly shaped lesion in the subhepatic space, heterogeneous mass in the gallbladder lumen, and asymmetrically thickened gallbladder wall .  The finding of a polyp larger than 10 mm should raise the suspicion of gallbladder cancer.
  • 21.
    CT abdomen • Forcomplete staging • Evaluation of regional nodes . • Diagnosis of extrahepatic disease • Identify Hepatic artery or portal venous invovement. • More anatomic information than ultrasound .
  • 22.
    CT SCAN Features suggestiveof CA GB : Heterogenous mass replacing gallbladder. Focal or diffuse wall thickening. Heterogenously enhancing discrete intraluminal mass. Discontinous thickening of gallbladder mucosa.
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    • MRI/MRCP: • Sensitivitiesof 70-100% for hepatic invasion • 60-75% for lymphnode metastasis. • But does not change the preoperative stage as determined by CT SCAN. • TYPICAL CHOLANGIOGRAPHIC FINDING: long stricture of common hepatic duct.
  • 24.
    Unrestable or incurableCA GB:percutenous biopsy or FNAC for confirmatory tissue diagnosis. PET : • Detects occult peritoneal ,omental and LN metastases. • Sensitivity:57-86% • Specificity:78-94%
  • 25.
    TUMOR MARKER • BESTtumor marker of CA GB carbohydrate antigen 19-9(>20u/ml) 75% sensitivity and specificity . • CEA >4ng/ml is associated with 93% specificity but 50% sensitivity.
  • 26.
    Management modalities available •1)staging laparascopy • 2)laparotomy • 3)interaortocaval lymphnode frozen section • 4)cholecystectomy –simple/radical • 5)multivisceral resection • 6)CBD excision • 7)Major hepatectomy • 8)Adjuvent therapy
  • 27.
    Staging laparoscopy • Preventunnecessary surgical exploration (38-62%) • Can determine oncologicaly unresectable(23%) • Detection rate increases by :  laparoscopic ultrasound .  inter-aortocaval LN frozen section evaluation.
  • 28.
    Standard Surgical Treatment •Complete resection with negative margins remains the only curative treatment. • T1a with negative cystic duct margin :no further therapy . • T1a with positive cystic duct margin: Resection of cystic duct or CBD to negative margin . • • Radical / extended cholecystectomy: recommended for T1b , T2 and some T3 with localised hepatic invasion and limited regional node involvement.
  • 29.
    RADICAL/EXTENDED CHOLECYSTECTOMY • Cholecystectomy(excision ofwhole GB). • Limited hepatic resection (typically segments IVb and V) • Portal lymphadectomy(cystic duct,pericholedochal ,periportal and posterior pancreaticoduodenal and local interaortocaval lymphnodes,celiac axis node) along with hepatoduodenal ligament .
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    • Frozen sectionbiopsy from cystic duct stump should be done to identify for the existence of microscopic tumour. If present, CBD resection and hepaticojejunostomy is done . Open approach rather than laparoscopic is ideal for carcinoma gallbladder. • Hemihepatectomy with cholecystectomy with nodal clearance. • During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, any suspicious of GB cancer, procedure should be converted into open cholecystectomy.
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    • T4 N0:extended cholecystectomy with extended right hepatectomy. • N1 or hilar invasion:Extended cholecystectomy with CBD resection. • N2 or M1 disease :clinical trial (chemoradiation or chemotherapy)
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