In peritoneal cancer, cancer cells grow within the serous membrane, a component of the peritoneal cavity. There are two main types of peritoneal cancer: primary and secondary. Primary peritoneal ...

As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that develops in the lining around the abdominal organs. Doctors usually treat it with surgery and chemotherapy. Peritoneal ...

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 ...