How Long A 72 Year Old With Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Live For?
72 y/o grandmother laparoscopic cholecystectomy and intra-operative cholangiogram. Final pathology was consistent with a moderate to well-differentiated adenocarcinoma with positive hepatic margins. This was consistent with a pT2NxMx staging but a I suspect this is more advanced based upon reports. Restaging shows no evidence of metastatic disease. However she went in for liver resection and was told that the cancer was also in her stomach lining they burned as much as possible now they advise chemo in the next 4-5 weeks. what should i expect for her life expectancy
Hi Life expectancy is around 2 years with this stage of gall bladder carcinoma. 3 cycles of palliative chemotherapy following by pet scan is advised to see response with chemotherapy. Regards Dr de
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How Long A 72 Year Old With Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Live For?
Hi Life expectancy is around 2 years with this stage of gall bladder carcinoma. 3 cycles of palliative chemotherapy following by pet scan is advised to see response with chemotherapy. Regards Dr de