Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a clinicopathologic syndrome that is characterized by mucinous ascites and pools of mucin, including neoplastic, mucinous epithelium within the peritoneal cavity. 1 PMP ...

Interleukin (IL)-10 has potent biological properties including an inhibitory action on the proliferation and metastasis of various cancer cells. However, it is difficult to maintain a high ...

For nonviral transfection, the naked DNA can be delivered into cells or tissues either by chemical carriers such as liposome and cationic polymers or by physical/mechanical means exemplified by ...

Understand how the rare relative of ovarian cancer is diagnosed and treated. Joanne Wilson was feeling less like herself — she was always tired, sometimes struggling just to get up in the morning, and ...

A dose-escalation study of gemcitabine (Gem) plus oxaliplatin (Ox) in combination with imatinib in patients (pts) with gemcitabine-refractory advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC). Background: Free ...

Evidence has been secured that when colon bacilli or streptococci are injected in large numbers into the peritoneal cavity of dogs or rabbits, they begin to enter the blood through the thoractic duct ...

Peritoneal cancers may be primary or secondary. Symptoms and signs of the cancer are vague and the diagnosis is usually late with poor treatment outcome. Peritoneal cancers may be primary when they ...

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 ...

Preclinical studies indicate that cavity-resident macrophages in the peritoneal and pleural spaces contribute to immunosuppression and cancer progression. While these macrophages typically accumulate ...

Morison’s pouch is an area between your liver and your right kidney. It’s also called the hepatorenal recess or right subhepatic space. Morison’s pouch is a potential space that can open up when fluid ...