Table 1 Reported cases of conversion therapy for initially unresectable locally advanced gallbladder cancer
Case | Year | Author | Age | Sex | Reasons for unresectability | Chemotherapy | Operation | Stage | Curability | Survival after surgery (months) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2013 | Kato | 57 | F | Arterial invasion | GEM | Right hepatectomy, caudate lobectomy, bile duct resection | IVa | R0 | 42 | Alive |
2 | 2013 | Kato | 57 | F | Arterial invasion | GEM | Right hepatectomy, caudate lobectomy, bile duct resection | IVa | R1 | 18 | Dead |
3 | 2013 | Kato | 57 | F | Arterial invasion, portal vein invasion | GEM | S4a + 5, bile duct resection | IVa | R1 | 19 | Dead |
4 | 2013 | Kato | 61 | M | Arterial invasion | GEM | S4a + 5, bile duct resection | IVa | R1 | 8 | Dead |
5 | 2014 | Einama | 60 | F | Arterial invasion | S-1 | Right hepatectomy, bile duct resection | IVa | R0 | 30 | Alive |