How does gall bladder cancer spread?
Left untreated, the cancer will spread. The tumour may grow through the muscular wall of the gall bladder and spread to the liver. The cancer cells may get into the blood stream or the lymphatic system. The cells can then be carried and spread to other parts of the body. Other places where the cancer may spread to include the peritoneum (the slippery membrane that lines the abdomen and covers the digestive organs), the bile ducts, and bowel. More distant places may be to the lungs, bone and adrenal glands. When cancer cells from a tumour settle in other parts of the body and start growing there, they are called secondary cancers (metastases).
