Letter to the Editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology Concerning "Optimizing Outcomes in Gallbladder Cancer: Identifying Predictors of Futile Up-Front Surgery in a Global Multicenter Study"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Upkar Hospital and Cancer Institute, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. drmaheshgoel@gmail.com.

Gurudutt P Varty et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;32(7):5033-5034.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-17305-w. Epub 2025 Apr 12.

¹ Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Upkar Hospital and Cancer Institute, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. drmaheshgoel@gmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors of the present study declare no conflict of interests.

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