In peritoneal cancer, cancer cells grow within the serous membrane, a component of the peritoneal cavity. There are two main types of peritoneal cancer: primary and secondary. Primary peritoneal ...

Bioengineering assistant professor Girgis Obaid at the University of Texas at Dallas and cancer researcher Rolf Brekken at UT ...

While peritoneal cancer is deemed "rare", American studies suggest that it appears in up to 10 percent of all women diagnosed with ovarian and fallopian tube cancer. The peritoneum is a serous ...

Primary peritoneal cancer (PPC) is a rare cancer that originates in the peritoneal cavity and has not spread from another area of the body. The National Cancer Institute notes that doctors stage ...

In stage IC, your cancer has moved beyond your ovaries and fallopian tube. It’s on the outside surface of your ovary or in the space around the ovary, called the peritoneal cavity. Stage II ...

USA Cancer originating from organs in the peritoneal cavity (e.g., ovarian, pancreatic, colorectal, gastric, liver and peritoneal mesothelioma) account for approximately 250,000 new cases of ...

New study and promising results from the first clinical trial in patients provide novel insights and new hope for one of the deadliest of cancers. Gastric cancer remains a formidable adversary ...

Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is a type of ovarian cancer treatment in which chemo drugs are directly pumped into your belly cavity (also called peritoneal cavity). When you get chemo this way ...

This rare type of metastatic peritoneal cancer develops in the appendix and secretes mucin (mucus) into the abdominal cavity. Over the past decade, indications for HIPEC have expanded to other ...

In this figure, we highlight some of the key regulators of this process, with factors that determine the metastatic cascade being present in the primary tumor, malignant ascites, and the peritoneal ...