Gallbladder Cancer Prevention  

The best way to prevent development of cancer in your body is to live a healthy lifestyle and avoid carcinogenic environments; lifestyle and environmental factors can be open doors to development of cancer. Even if you are at low risk, you might get cancer if you continue to expose your body to carcinogens. 

Gallbladder cancer is not attributable to a unique cause or factor; several factors can cause the formation of cancerous cells in your gallbladder. Although some risk factors such as sex and age are impossible to be avoided, other causative factors can be easily prevented. If you want to prevent gallbladder cancer and many other cancers, it is important to: 

• avoid tobacco smoke, including second hand smoke 
• adopt a healthy diet: a diet containing 5 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day may help prevent occurrence of gallbladder cancer 
• maintain a healthy weight; 
• limit your alcohol intake 
• reduce your exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation 
• exercise regularly 
• practice safe sex 
• tell your dermatologist skin change that for weeks  
• Tell your doctor or dentist of any change that indicates the presence of cancer. 

                Survival Rates