[Prevalence of gallbladder neoplasms in cholecystectomies]. / Prevalencia del cáncer de la vesícula biliar en colecistectomías.
Rev Med Chil
; 119(8): 887-90, 1991 Aug.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1844769
The prevalence of gallbladder cancer in 10,468 cholecystectomy patients was studied: 3.4% of the female and only 1.32% of the male population had gallbladder cancer (p < 0.001). The female population had 2.7 times more cholelithiasis, and 7.9 times more cancer than the male population. Cancer incidence increases progressively with age, specially after the 5th decade.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Colecistectomia
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Carcinoma
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Colelitíase
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Neoplasias da Vesícula Biliar
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Med Chil
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Chile