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1: Rev Med Chil. 1991 Aug;119(8):887-90.Links

[Prevalence of gallbladder neoplasms in cholecystectomies]

[Article in Spanish]

Csendes A, Becerra M, Smok G, Medina E, Maluenda F, Morales E.

Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile.

The prevalence of gallbladder cancer in 10,468 cholecystectomy patients was studied: 3.4% of the female and only 1.32% of the male population had gallbladder cancer (p < 0.001). The female population had 2.7 times more cholelithiasis, and 7.9 times more cancer than the male population. Cancer incidence increases progressively with age, specially after the 5th decade.

PMID: 1844769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]