Peritoneal cancer, also called primary peritoneal cancer, is a rare type of cancer, occurring in fewer than seven out of every million people in the United States. The peritoneum is a membrane ...

Ovarian cancer starts in one or both ovaries, or in the fallopian tubes, or in the abdominal lining called the peritoneum. Women between the ages of 55 and 63 are most likely to get ovarian cancer.

A 60-year-old man from the Cadillac area has become the first patient in Michigan to receive a state-of-the-art aerosolized cancer treatment, performed by Henry Ford Health surgical oncologist Dr.

Tumors that shed from the ovary do not metastasize through the bloodstream like other cancer cells do. Instead, they adhere to tissues in the peritoneal cavity and seed multiple metastatic sites. To ...

The abdomen is also called the peritoneal cavity, so medicines put inside are “intraperitoneal.” HIPEC is done right after CRS, during the same operation. The heated chemotherapy kills cancer cells ...

Many cancers upregulate an amino acid transporter to fuel their growth, making this protein a promising tool in tumor ...

The authorisation allows the therapy to be used as a single agent for the maintenance treatment of adult individuals with ...

Adding intraperitoneal paclitaxel to intravenous paclitaxel and oral S-1 improved survival in patients with gastric cancer and peritoneal metastasis.