ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- Primary Peritoneal Cancer (PPC) is a somewhat rare form of cancer. The cells are similar to that of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer and there is evidence suggesting PPC and… ...

Ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells form in the tissues covering the ovary or lining the fallopian tube or peritoneum.

The overall survival rate for primary peritoneal cancer may be between 11 and 17 months, according to the same 2022 review. Treatments to increase outlook These outlooks will depend on many ...

Elahere was also studied in people with ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer with platinum-resistant and FRα-positive cancer. All the people in this trial received ...

ASCO has updated its guidelines on neoadjuvant chemotherapy use in patients with newly diagnosed, stage III-IV epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

When cancer spreads from where it started to another part of the body, it is called metastasis. These metastatic cancer cells are the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if ...

Earlier studies estimated that peritoneal carcinomatosis occurs as the sole site of disease in as many as 25% of patients, but a recent study evaluating the subset of patients with peritoneal ...

Long-term results from the phase 2 OVARIO trial (NCT03326193) highlight the effectiveness of niraparib plus bevacizumab as maintenance therapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

In primary peritoneal cancer, the incidence declined from 0.77 to 0.70 cases per 100,000 women between 2005 and 2019 (APC, −1.1%; P = .004).

Cancer originating from organs in the peritoneal cavity (e.g., ovarian, pancreatic, colorectal, gastric, liver and peritoneal mesothelioma) account for approximately 250,000 new cases of cancer ...

bowel (colorectal) cancer that is an adenocarcinoma and has spread to the peritoneum; epithelial ovarian cancer including fallopian tube cancer that has spread to the peritoneum; stomach (gastric) ...