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 ...

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 ...

There are two main types of dialysis to replace kidney function when kidneys fail. In Singapore, hemodialysis (HD) is more ...

PPC is a type of cancer that starts in the peritoneal cavity in the abdomen, rather than cancer that has developed elsewhere in the body and spread to the peritoneum. Cancer that has started elsewhere ...

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 ...

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 ...

An in vivo method is described showing how selective killing of macrophages in the peritoneal cavity by carrageenan affects Eimeria tenella infection in chickens. Killing of macrophages was ...

Mesotheliomas are rare neoplasms arising from mesothelial cells that cover the peritoneum, pleura, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis. 1 We present the case of a 62-year-old woman with primary ...