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 ...

A 31-year-old man presented to his urologist with a left hemiscrotal mass. Following left radical orchiectomy, pathology demonstrated a mixed germ-cell neoplasm with angiolymphatic invasion. Although ...

Gender disparities in the National Institutes of Health funding for gastrointestinal oncology. Evaluating novel therapies and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a marker of response in curatively ...

As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...

Peritoneal endometriosis occurs when endometrial-like tissue develops along the lining of your abdominal cavity. Endometriosis is a condition in which uterine-like cells are found in other areas of ...

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 ...

Peritonitis is an infection within the peritoneum, the supportive membrane lining that surrounds and protects the internal abdominal organs. There are multiple types of peritonitis: spontaneous, ...

Chylous ascites is the accumulation of chyle (lymphatic fluid) in the peritoneal cavity. It can be the result of congenital defects of the lymphatic system, inflammatory processes, malignancy, and ...

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 ...

PPC is a type of cancer that starts in the peritoneal cavity in the abdomen, rather than cancer that has developed elsewhere in the body and spread to the peritoneum. Cancer that has started elsewhere ...

Background A 31-year-old man underwent a radical orchiectomy for a stage I mixed germ-cell tumor with angiolymphatic invasion. A subsequent laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy was complicated ...