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Gallbladder cancer causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Definite cause of the gallbladder cancer is not determined, but several risk factors are involved in this cancer, such as gallstones, gallbladder polyps, infections, and Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Causes
Causes
Common Causes
Common causes of gallbladder cancer may include:[1][2][3]
- Gallstone disease
- Porcelain gallbladder
- Gallbladder polyps
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Chronic infection
- Congenital biliary cysts
- Medications such as, oral contraceptive pills, methyldopa, and isoniazid
- Occupational exposure:
- Carcinogen exposure such as workers in oil, paper, chemical, shoe, textile, and cellulose acetate fiber manufacturing industries
- Cigarette smokers
- Aflatoxin
- Obesity
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of gallbladder cancer include:
- Elevated blood sugar
- Soybeans
- Radon exposure
Genetic Causes
References
References
- ↑ Strom BL, Soloway RD, Rios-Dalenz JL, Rodriguez-Martinez HA, West SL, Kinman JL, Polansky M, Berlin JA (1995). “Risk factors for gallbladder cancer. An international collaborative case-control study”. Cancer. 76 (10): 1747–56. PMID 8625043.
- ↑ Darby SC, Whitley E, Howe GR, Hutchings SJ, Kusiak RA, Lubin JH, Morrison HI, Tirmarche M, Tomásek L, Radford EP (1995). “Radon and cancers other than lung cancer in underground miners: a collaborative analysis of 11 studies”. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 87 (5): 378–84. PMID 7853419.
- ↑ Lazcano-Ponce EC, Miquel JF, Muñoz N, Herrero R, Ferrecio C, Wistuba II, Alonso de Ruiz P, Aristi Urista G, Nervi F (2001). “Epidemiology and molecular pathology of gallbladder cancer”. CA Cancer J Clin. 51 (6): 349–64. PMID 11760569.
- ↑ Mano H, Roa I, Araya JC, Ohta T, Yoshida K, Araki K, Kinebuchi H, Ishizu T, Nakadaira H, Endoh K, Yamamoto M, Watanabe H (1996). “Comparison of mutagenic activity of bile between Chilean and Japanese female patients having cholelithiasis”. Mutat. Res. 371 (1–2): 73–7. PMID 8950352.
- ↑ Hidaka E, Yanagisawa A, Seki M, Takano K, Setoguchi T, Kato Y (2000). “High frequency of K-ras mutations in biliary duct carcinomas of cases with a long common channel in the papilla of Vater”. Cancer Res. 60 (3): 522–4. PMID 10676628.
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