# OnCo record idea-gbc-typhoid-carrier-cholecystectomy-or-surveillance (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-gbc-typhoid-carrier-cholecystectomy-or-surveillance/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-gbc-typhoid-carrier-cholecystectomy-or-surveillance" ;
  schema:name "Cholecystectomy or ultrasound surveillance for chronic typhoid carriers in endemic regions"@en ;
  schema:description "People who carry the typhoid bacterium in their gallbladder long term have about four times the usual risk of gallbladder cancer. Two meta-analyses suggest offering them gallbladder removal or regular scans; no programme has tried it."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-gbc-typhoid-carrier-cholecystectomy-or-surveillance/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://europepmc.org/article/MED/24612190>, <https://europepmc.org/article/MED/27726295> ;
  onco:tag "gallbladder-evidence" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/gallbladder/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/prophylactic-cholecystectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/screening/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/inflammation/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-prevention-adoption/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-global-access/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-nagaraja-eslick-typhi-carrier-gallbladder-cancer-meta-analysis-apt-2014/>, <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-koshiol-salmonella-typhi-gallbladder-cancer-cancer-med-2016/> .