Your gallbladder is a small organ that can cause big problems if you don’t take care of it. When working properly, this pouch—the size of a deflated balloon—stores bile produced by the liver. It ...

An ultrasound allows doctors to view images of the organs and soft tissues inside your body. Using sound waves, an ultrasound provides a real-time picture of your organs. This better allows medical ...

If a person experiences gallbladder-related pain, they may be able to manage some symptoms and ease gallbladder pain at home. However, severe gallbladder pain may require medical attention, including ...

Doctors don’t know exactly what causes gallbladder cancer. They do know that, like all cancer, an error, known as a mutation, in a person’s DNA causes uncontrolled rapid growth of cells. As the number ...

The gallbladder is a small organ located in the right abdomen that releases bile to aid digestion. In rare cases, calcium deposits can cause the lining to become brittle and hard, a condition known as ...

AJR: Recent multisociety guidelines that propose routine polyp surveillance with 2 mm size change as the basis for cholecystectomy are too conservative for clinical use “To our knowledge,” wrote ...

The study, titled ‘Multiple instance learning approach for automated gallbladder cancer detection using ultrasound imaging: ...

Surgical strategy for borderline resectable pancreatic body cancer. Patient-reported satisfaction with symptom control during lanreotide autogel/depot (LAN) treatment for carcinoid syndrome (CS) in ...