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GALLBLADDER-CANCER


originator: Clara
origination date: 27/11/2001
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 06/05/2002
checker: Pamela
URL: http://www.ellisfischel.org/liver/gallBladder.shtml


Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-GALLBLADDER-AND-EXTRAHEPATIC-BILE-DUCTS
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-DIGESTIVE-ORGANS-AND-PERITONEUM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-GALLBLADDER-AND-EXTRAHEPATIC-BILE-DUCTS
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
gallbladder cancerdefinition: fairly rare cancer arising in the gallbladder. Jaundice may be a symptom of gallbladder cancer. This disease may be diagnosed with x-rays, ultrasound, CT scans, abdominal surgery and laparoscopy. Surgery and radiation may be used in its treatment. Gallbladder cancer develops among elderly people more frequently than do other digestive system cancers and in people with gallstones. (en)
number: singular
term type: main entry term
reliability code: 9
part of speech: noun
context (x): I_galcan.txt

originator: Arianne
origination date: 07/05/2002

Spanish
cáncer de vesículadefinition: cáncer poco frecuente que se origina en la vesícula biliar. Uno de los síntomas de esta enfermedad es la ictericia. El diagnóstico se realiza mediante rayos X, ecografía, TAC, cirugía abdominal y laparoscopia. Se trata con cirugía y radioterapia. El carcinoma de vesícula es el tipo de cáncer del sistema digestivo más frecuente entre personas mayores y suele aparecer en personas con cálculos en la vesícula. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 9
term type: main entry term