Predictive Factors of Malignant Potential in Gallbladder Polyps

Abstract

The prognosis of gallbladder (GB) cancer is very poor because it usually presents at an advanced and incurable stage. 5 year survival rate of progressed GB cancer more than stage III has been estimated below 10%, while 5 year survival rate of stage 0 has been over 80%. 1 Early stage of GB cancer has been usually detected incidentally and the rate of incidental GB cancer after cholecystectomy was reported approximately 0.54-2.1%. 2,3 GB polyp, one of the risk factors of GB cancer, has extremely increasing along with the use of transabdominal ultrasonography. Most of small polyps less than 10mm are benign and remain stable for a long period. 4,5 However, it is