Doctors say a rare cancer called peritoneal cancer is hard to spot, but patients can get better if they're diagnosed correctly and get some aggressive treatment.Helen Szablya said she had just ...

Since patients with peritoneal metastases often also have distant metastases in systemic organs, intravenous therapy is usually the standard of care. Multiple clinical studies have shown that adding ...

Malignant mesotheliomas are common in people exposed to asbestos for a long time. Other risk factors include exposure to a metal called eronite, radiotherapy, infection with simian virus 40 and ...

Peritoneal dissemination is the most common mode of metastasis in gastric cancer. We previously reported the importance of milky spots (MS), peritoneal lymphoid tissues, as selective sites of cancer ...

The organs of the abdominal cavity (stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, kidney, gallbladder, etc.) are surrounded and supported [held in place] by a 2-layer membrane called the peritoneum. The ...

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is an advanced form of cancer resulting from the regional spread of gastrointestinal, gynaecological and other malignancies. It is associated with short survival and poor ...

Cancer is a disease that occurs when abnormal cells divide in an uncontrolled way, sometimes spreading into other tissues. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Symptoms of the disease will depend on ...

Female Swiss/nude 4-week-old mice were obtained from Charles-River Laboratories (L'Abresles, France) and maintained in a pathogen-free environment. Each of the 6–8-week-old animals was implanted ...

Drug delivery systems can alter drug clearance from the peritoneal cavity and drug toxicity profiles. For example, IP injection of cisplatin-loaded polymeric microspheres (100–200 µm, which releases ...

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is an advanced form of cancer resulting from the regional spread of gastrointestinal, gynaecological and other malignancies. It is associated with short survival and poor ...