Our novel approach to increase the pressure gradient between the peritoneal cavity and the pleural cavity on imaging may be useful for improving this insufficient sensitivity in a conventional and non ...

B-1 CELLS MIGRATE FROM THE PERITONEAL CAVITY TO A NON-SPECIFIC INFLAMMATORY LESION The demonstration that B-1DMP has a high phagocytic ability the demonstration [and] that they might migrate from the ...

Peritoneal washing is a surgical procedure used to check for cancer cells in the peritoneal cavity.

It most commonly arises from the mesothelium of the pleural cavities that line the lungs (visceral pleura) and the interior chest wall (parietal pleura) and only occasionally from the peritoneal ...

The peritoneal levels of both markers varied extremely in higher stages. In patients suffering from pancreatic carcinoma the CEA levels both in sera and peritoneal cavity were parallel but peritoneal ...

The rate of increase in peritoneal MM over the 10–50 years since first exposure continued to increase. Conclusions Exposure to asbestos confers a long-term risk of developing pleural and peritoneal ...

Cancer treatment has long faced a challenging trade-off: therapies strong enough to eliminate tumors often cause severe side ...

Levels of soluble mesothelin were also higher in ascitic fluid from peritoneal mesothelioma than in benign controls. Using a cut-off that yielded 98% specificity, the sensitivity of raised soluble ...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage kidney disease. Currently, thrice-weekly in-center hemodialysis for 3 to 5 hours per session is the ...