Stage IIA gallbladder cancer belongs to early stage, and the prognosis is often better than stage IIB, which usually requires surgical treatment with gallbladder combined with partial hepatectomy and regional lymph node dissection.
Stage II gallbladder cancer shows that the tumor invades the connective tissue around the muscularis propria, but does not break through the plasma membrane layer or invade the liver, and there is no regional lymph node infiltration and distant metastasis. Stage II gallbladder cancer can be divided into Stage IIA and Stage IIB, with Stage IIA being tumors on the abdominal side and Stage IIB being tumors on the liver side.
The staging of gallbladder cancer is often judged by multilayer spiral CT and MRI. Stage IIA of gallbladder cancer requires cholecystectomy combined with wedge resection of liver tissue more than 2cm away from the gallbladder bed, which can resect the lesion and effectively stop the cancerous tissues from continuing to spread. It is also recommended to perform regional lymph node dissection and biopsy the lymph nodes. Adjuvant chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, can also be administered after surgery according to the condition to prevent cancer recurrence.
Patients with gallbladder cancer stage IIA should seek medical treatment in time and choose appropriate treatment plan under doctor’s guidance.