Outcome of phase II study of intraoperative radiation therapy and external-beam radiation therapy plus gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer No significant financial ...
Phase IIb trial of fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and paclitaxel (POF) compared with fluorouracil, feucovorin, and irinotecan (IF) as first-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer (AGC) No ...
Forty patients were treated with the conventional Hartmann approach (resection plus a diverting colostomy) and 43 patients were managed by laparoscopy and peritoneal lavage. Patients in the lavage ...
In this study, 124 patients with gastric cancer were enrolled. A laparotomy and preoperative peritoneal lavage were performed on all 124 patients who intended to undergo a gastrectomy in our ...
Peritoneal mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the membrane that lines the abdomen and its organs, known as the peritoneum. Asbestos exposure is its most common risk factor. Peritoneal ...
Doctors stage peritoneal cancer depending on the size and position of the cancer, where it has spread from, and how fast it can spread. There are two stages of primary peritoneal cancer and five ...
The peritoneum has an area approximately that of the glomerular capillaries or of the twin-coil artificial kidney. Its behavior as an inert, semipermeable membrane and the use of "idealized ...