Appendix cancer is a rare but increasingly recognized malignancy, often discovered incidentally during surgery for presumed ...

Appendix cancer, once rare, is now rising sharply among younger people. Firstpost brings out an expert’s views on the risk ...

But if it's not treated, it can still be serious or even deadly. Peritoneal mucinous carcinomatosis (PMCA) is the type in which cells from the tumor do show cancer.

Symptoms of PPC are similar to those of ovarian cancer, including abdominal pain or bloating, nausea, vomiting, indigestion, and a change in bowel habits. Also, like ovarian cancer, PPC may elevate ...

The cancer cells generally spread by following the peritoneal fluid flow. They attach to the peritoneum at particular sites. Here they produce mucus which collects inside the abdomen and eventually ...

Most of the women who get it are young. It tends to be fast-growing. Although it’s not technically an ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal carcinoma (PPC) is very closely related.

Epithelial ovarian cancer Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian cancer. About 90 out of 100 tumours of the ovary (90%) are epithelial. Epithelial ovarian cancer starts in the ...

Mucinous neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract are characterized by a propensity for metastasis to the peritoneum, resulting in peritoneal mucinous carcinomatosis (PMC). A subset of these tumors, ...

It’s about the same increase in breast cancer risk that has been shown with oral contraceptive pills. Even with that increased risk, breast cancer remains rare among women under 50, and ...

Spatially Resolved Niche and Tumor Microenvironmental Alterations in Gastric Cancer Peritoneal Metastases. Gastroenterology, 2024; DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.007 ...

Researchers analyzed data from 23,102 women diagnosed with hormone receptor–positive HER2-negative stage I-III breast cancer, including 20,684 with IDC, 1475 with ILC, and 943 with PMBC.