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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Risk factors== | |||
* Gender: More women than men are affected by gallbladder cancer, mostly commonly between the ages of 50 and 60. | |||
* [[Obesity]] increases the risk for gallbladder cancer. It is most common in indigenous peoples of the Americas. | |||
* Primary carcinoma is linked to chronic [[cholecystitis]] and [[cholelithiasis]]. | |||
* Alcohol: "…alcohol drinking is a risk factor of gallbladder cancer…"<ref>{{cite journal | |||
| last = Ji | |||
| first = J | |||
| coauthors = Hemminki K | |||
| title = Variation in the risk for liver and gallbladder cancers in socioeconomic and occupational groups in Sweden with etiological implications | |||
| journal = Int Arch Occup Environ Health | |||
| volume =78 | |||
| issue =8 | |||
| pages = 641-9 | |||
| publisher = | |||
| date = 2005 Sep | |||
| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Display&DB=pubmed | |||
| doi = | |||
| id = PMID 16001211 | |||
| accessdate = 28 May 2007}}</ref> <ref>Ji J, Couto E, Hemminki K. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15800949&dopt=Abstract Incidence differences for gallbladder cancer between occupational groups suggest an etiological role for alcohol] ''Int J Cancer'' 2005 Sep 1;116(3):492-3.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Risk factors
- Gender: More women than men are affected by gallbladder cancer, mostly commonly between the ages of 50 and 60.
- Obesity increases the risk for gallbladder cancer. It is most common in indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- Primary carcinoma is linked to chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis.
- Alcohol: "…alcohol drinking is a risk factor of gallbladder cancer…"[1] [2]
References
- ↑ Ji, J (2005 Sep). "Variation in the risk for liver and gallbladder cancers in socioeconomic and occupational groups in Sweden with etiological implications". Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 78 (8): 641–9. PMID 16001211. Retrieved 28 May 2007. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Ji J, Couto E, Hemminki K. Incidence differences for gallbladder cancer between occupational groups suggest an etiological role for alcohol Int J Cancer 2005 Sep 1;116(3):492-3.