Diagnosis of Gallbladder Cancer

Only about 1 out of 3 gallbladder cancers are found before they have spread to other tissues and organs. Many of these early cancers are found unexpectedly when a person’s gallbladder is removed for treatment of gallstones or chronic (long-term) gallbladder inflammation.

Gallbladders removed for those reasons are always looked at under a microscope by a pathologist (a doctor specializing in lab tests) to see if they contain cancerous cells.

~ by marigold on August 12, 2009.