Interleukin (IL)-10 has potent biological properties including an inhibitory action on the proliferation and metastasis of various cancer cells. However, it is difficult to maintain a high ...

In patients with tumors confined to the peritoneal cavity, there is established pharmacokinetic and tumor biology-related evidence that intraperitoneal drug administration is advantageous. Three large ...

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 ...

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 ...

Evidence has been secured that when colon bacilli or streptococci are injected in large numbers into the peritoneal cavity of dogs or rabbits, they begin to enter the blood through the thoractic duct ...

A dose-escalation study of gemcitabine (Gem) plus oxaliplatin (Ox) in combination with imatinib in patients (pts) with gemcitabine-refractory advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC). Background: Free ...

Some indicators of hydrolytic processes in lymphocytes of blood of lung cancer patients. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full ...

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 ...

Hemoperitoneum is a type of internal bleeding. When you have this condition, blood is accumulating in your peritoneal cavity. The peritoneal cavity is a small area of space located between your ...

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, ...