Figure 1From: The time of diagnosis impacts surgical management but not the outcome of patients with gallbladder Carcinoma Management of all patients presenting with gallbladder cancer at our institution. Patients with serious metastatic disease were excluded from the study because of proven unresectability. Group 1 also contained patients with local metastatic spread which, based on preoperative imaging, was assumed to be suitable for radical resection.Back to article page