Peritoneal mucinous carcinomatosis (PMCA) is the type in which cells from the tumor do show cancer. It can be hard to diagnose PMP because it may look and act like other diseases. Sometimes it's ...

It emerged in the 1990s as a treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei. This rare type of metastatic peritoneal cancer develops in the appendix and secretes mucin (mucus) into the abdominal cavity. Over ...

A 51-year-old woman from West Bengal was recently treated for peritoneal ... appendicular mucinous tumours) in the pelvis and around the cecum (first part of the colon). Cancer of the appendix ...

Without treatment, it will take over the peritoneal cavity. It can press on the bowel ... Some types of ovarian cancer cells also produce mucin. Often, pseudomyxoma peritonei is only properly ...

It does not remove the cancer completely. Debulking surgery helps to make a diagnosis and get samples of the tumour. It can also remove mucin. It won’t cure PMP but might ease your symptoms. It could ...