Almost one-third of patients undergoing omentectomy for peritoneal metastases had occult omental metastases, supporting routine omentectomy prior to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic ...

Perioperative FLOT (fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and docetaxel) versus EOX/EOF (epirubicin, oxaliplatin and capecitabine or fluorouracil) for locally advanced, resectable gastric or ...

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 ...

Troy Randall, an immunologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the omentum guy. He thinks the “apron of fat” that hugs your abdomen doesn’t get enough attention — while we’re all ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. A 67-year-old man in relatively good health presented to ...

In people with type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing β cells that control blood glucose levels and are part of a group of cells in the pancreas called ...

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 ...

Mesotheliomas are rare neoplasms arising from mesothelial cells that cover the peritoneum, pleura, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis. 1 We present the case of a 62-year-old woman with primary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 73-year-old woman presented with complaints of ongoing weight loss and intermittent abdominal discomfort. CT ...