The peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity, is frequently involved in advanced-stage cancers, including gastric, colon, pancreatic, and ovarian cancers.

Peritoneal cancer is difficult to treat and has a poor survival prognosis. But a new and effective nanomedicine delivery system is offering some hope.

For the first time a major study aims to get a better understanding of the biology of a rare appendix cancer and dramatically ...

Gene transfer into the peritoneal cavity by nonviral methods may provide an effective therapeutic approach for peritoneal diseases. Herein, we investigated the feasibility and the effectiveness of ...

Background: A spontaneous immune response to ovarian cancer improves survival, but tolerant features of the peritoneal (IP) cavity contribute to local immune suppression and tumor immune escape.

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 ...

Purpose: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) arising in the peritoneal cavity is a rare neoplasm characterized by peritoneal progression and for which there are limited therapeutic options. We evaluated the ...

Since the introduction of intermittent peritoneal dialysis by Grollman et al. 1 in 1951 a number of reports have appeared attesting to its efficacy in the removal of dialyzable substances in acute ...

Peritoneal dialysis, which involves placing a tube into the peritoneal cavity, allows people who have suffered from kidney failure to carry on a relatively normal life; however, complications ...