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How To Treat A Tumour On The Gall Bladder?

hi, my mom she is 48 years old, and she has tumor at the Gall bladder and the liver is infected too, so the doctors said that the surgery won't work in her case , so they will give her chemical treatment so far, in order to prepare her for the surgery, is that possible to do a surgery in her case after taking some chemical therapy ??
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Hi, How are you? My name is Dr Suresh Raghavaiah. I am a Liver, gall bladder and Pancreas specialist and I hope to answer your question today. I am sorry to hear about your Mother's diagnosis.
Gall Bladder cancer, unfortunately is notorius for presenting late. We usually treat this by removing a portion of the liver along with the gall bladder. Is there any specific reason why the doctors are not offering surgery for your mother? Did they say that it has spread beyond areas which cannot be treated surgically? There is not much evidence that giving chemotherapy first helps patients or downgrades disease in cases of GB cancer.

Please do let me know where you are located geographically, so I can direct you to a specialist near your area. Please do feel free to write back for clarifications rxsuresh@gmail.com

Hope this helps and hope your mother starts to feel better.
Have a great day
Dr Suresh Raghavaiah
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How To Treat A Tumour On The Gall Bladder?

Hi, How are you? My name is Dr Suresh Raghavaiah. I am a Liver, gall bladder and Pancreas specialist and I hope to answer your question today. I am sorry to hear about your Mother s diagnosis. Gall Bladder cancer, unfortunately is notorius for presenting late. We usually treat this by removing a portion of the liver along with the gall bladder. Is there any specific reason why the doctors are not offering surgery for your mother? Did they say that it has spread beyond areas which cannot be treated surgically? There is not much evidence that giving chemotherapy first helps patients or downgrades disease in cases of GB cancer. Please do let me know where you are located geographically, so I can direct you to a specialist near your area. Please do feel free to write back for clarifications rxsuresh@gmail.com Hope this helps and hope your mother starts to feel better. Have a great day Dr Suresh Raghavaiah