Gallbladder Polyps Causes, Symptoms and More
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Gallbladder Polyps and Cancer
True gallbladder polyps are the only gallbladder polyps that may lead to cancer. Gallbladder cancer has five stages, with stage 5 being the most advanced. The five-year survival rate for stage 1 gallbladder cancer is under 50 percent.3Jones, Mark W. ‘Gallbladder Polyp.’ StatPearls /[Internet/]., U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8 Feb. 2021, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470211
It is common for gallbladder cancer to go undetected when it is in stages 0 and 1. In most cases, cancerous gallbladder polyps are detected when they have advanced beyond stage 1. Inflammatory and cholesterol gallbladder polyps are typically noncancerous.
