My wife is 46 years old and has stage 4 gallbladder cancer. We have been told it is unresectable. The most aggressive surgeon I have come across is Dr. Jesus Esquivel at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Here is the link:
http://www.stagnes.org/cportal/general/content.asp?cid=301.
I have also contacted a Dr. Leslie Blumgart at Sloan-Kettering in New York and Doctor Nadar Hanna at the Greenbaum Center at the University of Maryland. All of these doctors reviewed my wife's records and called and talked with me.
My wife started a clinical trial but unfortunately got the older medicine, 5FU and Leucovorin. She is on her second round. On the 27th she will have a CAT scan to see how the disease has responded.
She will then start a new trial with rebeccamycin and oxaliplatin in August. Trials can be found at
http://www.nci.nih.gov/.
In California, I found a company called Rational Therapeutics, www.rational-T.com. Thet test tumor samples in the lab and tell you which chemotherapies are most effective. My doctor said this doesn't work, but in desperate situations you have to try anything.
Anyone who has experience with this disease please keep responding. Even if your loved one has passed, you input and support are invaluable.
Rick