It is often fatal, though new treatments for peritoneal cancer are improving survival rates. This article details the anatomy of the peritoneum and how peritoneal cancer is diagnosed and treated.

It is often fatal, though new treatments for peritoneal cancer are improving survival rates. This article details the anatomy of the peritoneum and how peritoneal cancer is diagnosed and treated. The ...

Malignant tumors in this study included thyroid malignancies, esophageal malignancies, gastric cardia malignancies, lung malignancies, breast malignancies, gastric malignancies, secondary peritoneal .

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The risk of peritonitis associated with infections of the peritoneal catheter exit site can be reduced by the use of proper exit-site care, such as the routine administration of prophylactic ...

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel shared how their anatomy operates with separate organs as well as fused organs they ...

The mucosal layer contains the villi. The serosa continues onto the mesentery, the peritoneal fold that encircles most of the small intestine and connects it to the posterior abdominal wall.

This article outlines the basic anatomy of the foot bones, along with some of the most common conditions affecting these bones. The metatarsal bones are a group of five tubular bones in the middle ...

Lower left abdominal pain can have many causes, ranging from minor to serious, says Andrew Boxer, M.D., gastroenterologist of ...