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"Arrr! No golden bounty from that pesky chemoradiation in gallbladder scallywags, matey!"

2025-01-28

Avast ye! In the first jolly good trial on the high seas, scallywags found that mixin' chemoradiation with the ol’ adjuvant brew didn’t help the poor souls with their gallbladder woes. Aye, no extra life for the lot of 'em! Har har! - Medscape Medical News

Arrr matey! Gather round, ye scallywags, fer I’ve a tale from the high seas of medicine that be as perplexin’ as a tangled net o’ seaweed! In a grand adventure known as the first randomized trial, clever landlubbers discovered that addin’ chemoradiation to the ol’ adjuvant chemotherapy didn’t be helpin’ our poor souls with resected gallbladder cancer to live longer. Aye, it seems the potion they brewed wasn’t worth the gold it took to make it!

This be news from the treasure trove of Medscape Medical News, and it be shiverin’ the timbers of many a ship’s surgeon! With all that fancy talk of chemoradiation, ye’d think they’d be combin’ the best of both worlds, but nay! No extra years were gained, and the beatin’ hearts of those afflicted still faced the cruel winds of fate. The doctors be scratchin’ their heads, wonderin’ if they’d been sold a bill of goods or if the crab they be catchin’ had led ‘em astray!

So, raise a tankard, me hearties, to the brave souls who brave the stormy seas of research! They be tryin’ to find the right course, but it seems the stars be not alignin’ for gallbladder cancer just yet. Onward we sail, for the journey in the name of healing must continue, with a hearty laugh and a slosh o’ rum!

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