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Gallbladder cancer is one of the most common malignancy of the biliary tract, representing 80%–95% of biliary tract cancers worldwide.

The association between calcium deposits and gallbladder cancer was made during 1797.^[1]^[2]
In between 1922–1956 4,271 cholecystectomy samples were collected adenocarcinomas were noted.

↑ Stephen AE, Berger DL (2001). "Carcinoma in the porcelain gallbladder: a relationship revisited". Surgery. 129 (6): 699–703. doi:10.1067/msy.2001.113888. PMID 11391368.
↑ Gómez-López JR, De Andrés-Asenjo B, Ortega-Loubon C (2014). "A porcelain gallbladder and a rapid tumor dissemination". Ann Med Surg (Lond). 3 (4): 119–22. doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2014.09.002. PMC 4284441. PMID 25568797.