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Efficacy of gemcitabine in the treatment of patients with gallbladder carcinoma : A case report

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 100 KB
Volume: 82
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980215)82:4<639::aid-cncr4>3.0.co;2-g

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✦ Synopsis

to chemotherapy, and patients with progressive metastatic disease have a short survival. Glens Falls Cancer Center, Glens Falls, New

METHODS. A patient with advanced metastatic carcinoma of the gallbladder causing

York.

peritoneal carcinomatosis and hepatic metastases is reported. This patient achieved a dramatic remission with gemcitabine after failing two other chemotherapeutic regimens.

RESULTS.

Response included reversal of complete small bowel obstruction with resumption of the ability to eat and the disappearance of liver metastases.

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