The experience of treatment of 65 patients with cancer of the gall bladder (CGB) is analyzed. The tumor was revealed in women 7.2 times more often than in men. 95.3% patients were older than 60 years. Diagnosis of CBG is difficult before and during operation. Retrograde cholangiopancreatography increases reliability of diagnosis. The survival after radical cholecystectomy was 23.3 months.