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International collaborative research to improve gallbladder cancer prevention

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 22, pages 293–294 (2025)Cite this article

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The European–Latin American Research Consortium towards Eradication of Preventable Gallbladder Cancer (EULAT Eradicate GBC) is identifying geographical, environmental, lifestyle, genetic and molecular risk factors for gallbladder cancer. Collaborative research is essential to improve prevention of this aggressive tumour, especially in high-incidence, low-income and middle-income regions.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank all collaborators for their great commitment to the EULAT Eradicate GBC project; without their generous support this important project would not be possible. The project is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant 825741).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Statistical Genetics Research Group, Institute of Medical Biometry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Dominique Scherer, Rajiv Kumar, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo & Carol Barahona Ponce

  2. Laboratory of Biostatistics for Precision Oncology, Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe, Strasbourg, France

    Justo Lorenzo Bermejo

  3. Instituto Regional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Arequipa, Peru

    Claudio Mengoa

  4. Departamento de Medicina Oncológica, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru

    Paola Montenegro, Albert Torres & Cristian Pacheco

  5. Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile

    Hector Losada

  6. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (IIBISMED), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia

    Ana Lineth Garcia

  7. Caja Nacional de Salud Hospital Obrero 2, Cochabamba, Bolivia

    Sidney Rojas Orellana

  8. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile

    Armando Rojas, Erik Morales & César Muñoz-Castro

  9. Hospital Regional de Talca, Talca, Chile

    Erik Morales & César Muñoz-Castro

  10. Hospital Regional de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile

    Gonzalo de Toro & Allan Vera Kortmann

  11. Hospital Clínico Regional Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Loreto Spencer, Fabrizio Moisán & Cristian Lindner

  12. Hospital Juan Noé Crevani, Arica, Chile

    Alejandro Ortega & Karina Vargas Valdebenito

  13. School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Bruno Nervi & Juan Carlos Roa

  14. Center for Cancer Prevention and Control (CECAN), Santiago, Chile

    Bruno Nervi, Juan Carlos Roa, Alicia Colombo Flores & Katherine Marcelain

  15. Hospital Pablo Soria, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina

    Cristina Inklemona & Carolina Ituarte

  16. Latin-American Gastrointestinal Oncology Intergroup (ILOGI), San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina

    Gerardo F. Arroyo

  17. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Alicia Colombo Flores

  18. Department of Basic and Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Alicia Colombo Flores & Katherine Marcelain

  19. Pathological Anatomy Service, Clinical Hospital, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Alicia Colombo Flores

  20. University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

    Romy Kirsten

  21. Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

    Trine B. Rounge & Hilde Langseth

  22. Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Trine B. Rounge

  23. University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Sarah Jane Lewis

  24. Centro de Genética y Genómica, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

    Ricardo Armisen

  25. Chilean Cooperative Group for Oncological Research (GOCCHI), Santiago, Chile

    Bettina Gabriele Muller & Javier Retamales

  26. Fundación GIST Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Piga Roxana Fernández Kaempffer

  27. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Rachel Sabine Kelly

  28. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France

    Mazda Jenab

  29. Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile

    Pamela Salinas-Alvarez

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on behalf of EULAT Eradicate GBC

  • Dominique Scherer
  • , Carol Barahona Ponce
  • , Claudio Mengoa
  • , Paola Montenegro
  • , Albert Torres
  • , Cristian Pacheco
  • , Hector Losada
  • , Ana Lineth Garcia
  • , Sidney Rojas Orellana
  • , Armando Rojas
  • , Erik Morales
  • , César Muñoz-Castro
  • , Gonzalo de Toro
  • , Allan Vera Kortmann
  • , Loreto Spencer
  • , Fabrizio Moisán
  • , Cristian Lindner
  • , Alejandro Ortega
  • , Karina Vargas Valdebenito
  • , Bruno Nervi
  • , Juan Carlos Roa
  • , Cristina Inklemona
  • , Carolina Ituarte
  • , Gerardo F. Arroyo
  • , Alicia Colombo Flores
  • , Romy Kirsten
  • , Katherine Marcelain
  • , Trine B. Rounge
  • , Hilde Langseth
  • , Sarah Jane Lewis
  • , Ricardo Armisen
  • , Bettina Gabriele Muller
  • , Javier Retamales
  • , Piga Roxana Fernández Kaempffer
  • , Rajiv Kumar
  • , Rachel Sabine Kelly
  • , Mazda Jenab
  • , Pamela Salinas-Alvarez
  •  & Justo Lorenzo Bermejo

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Correspondence to Justo Lorenzo Bermejo.

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BBMRI-ERIC: https://www.bbmri-eric.eu/

CECAN: https://cecan.cl/

EULAT Eradicate GBC: www.SaludVesiculaBiliar.org

GECKO: www.globalsurgeryunit.org/clinical-trials-holding-page/project-gecko/

GLOBOCAN: https://gco.iarc.fr/en

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Scherer, D., Kumar, R., Lorenzo Bermejo, J. et al. International collaborative research to improve gallbladder cancer prevention. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 22, 293–294 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-025-01061-z

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