Treatment Options for Gallbladder Cancer
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Localized Gallbladder Cancer
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Treatment of localized gallbladder cancer may include the following:
- Surgery to remove the gallbladder and some of the tissue around it. Part of the liver and nearby lymph nodes may also be removed. Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy may follow surgery.
- Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.
- A clinical trial of radiation therapy with radiosensitizers.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with localized gallbladder cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Unresectable Gallbladder Cancer
Treatment of unresectable gallbladder cancer may include the following:
- Radiation therapy as palliative treatment, with or without surgery or the placement of stents, to relieve symptoms caused by blocked bile ducts.
- Surgery as palliative treatment to relieve symptoms caused by blocked bile ducts.
- Chemotherapy as palliative treatment to relieve symptoms caused by the cancer.
- A clinical trial of internal radiation therapy or radiosensitizers.
- A clinical trial of chemotherapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with unresectable gallbladder cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Recurrent Gallbladder Cancer
Treatment of recurrentgallbladder cancer is usually done in a clinical trial.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent gallbladder cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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