Clinical characteristics, treatment response, and survival outcomes in melanoma patients with cavity carcinomatosis: A retrospective analysis. [PDF]
Int J CancerWhat's new? Cavity carcinomatosis, a late manifestation of cancer, fuels tumor formation throughout a large area, most commonly the peritoneal and pleural cavities. The condition also can lead to resistance to otherwise effective treatment strategies.
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A Case of Unexpected Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Colon Cancer Detected After Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy for Advanced Bladder Cancer. [PDF]
IJU Case RepABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with advanced bladder cancer is a rare but lethal event following robot‐assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). We report a case of an unusual clinical course in which peritoneal dissemination of colon cancer was unexpectedly detected seven months after RARC.
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Impact of Carcinomatosis on Clinical Outcomes after Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement for Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 It is still unclear whether the peritoneal carcinomatosis had a negative effect on the clinical outcomes of patients who underwent self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). Although carcinomatosis may
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BEV-IP : perioperative chemotherapy with bevacizumab in patients undergoing cytoreduction and intraperitoneal chemoperfusion for colorectal carcinomatosis [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Selected patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from colorectal cancer (CRC) benefit from cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (IPC).
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Long-term results and prognostic factors of gastric cancer patients with microscopic peritoneal carcinomatosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Clinical significance of microscopic peritoneal carcinomatosis remained unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of microscopic peritoneal carcinomatosis in gastric cancer.
Xiaowen Liu +3 more
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Cancer Treatment Reviews, 1999 Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis occurs in approximately 5% of patients with cancer. This disorder is being diagnosed with increasing frequency as patients live longer and as neuro-imaging studies improve. The most common cancers to involve the leptomeninges are breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanomas.
S A, Grossman, M J, Krabak
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Pathophysiology of elevated ascites fluid cholesterol in malignant ascites [PDF]
, 1992 The existence of marked elevations of ascitic fluid cholesterol has been observed in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis compared to patients with cirrhosis and has been found useful in differential diagnosis.
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Translational Oncology, 2018 Antiangiogenics administration in colorectal cancer patients seemed promising therapeutic approach. Inspite of early encouraging results, it however gave only modest clinical benefits.
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Peritoneal splenosis, simulating carcinomatosis
Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2020 We presents the clinical case of splenosis of the abdominal cavity, simulating carcinomatosis. Radiation methods (ultrasound, computed tomography, positron emission tomography) revealed multiple soft tissue tumors in the right iliac region, pelvis, bed ...
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Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis [PDF]
QJM, 2014 A 59-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a dry cough and dull pain over her entire back that had persisted for more than 1 week. The patient had no sputum production, fever, sore throat or prior history of tuberculosis, and she had not travelled recently. On examination, she was tachypnoeic and hypoxaemic, with dry crackles in both lower lungs.
W-R, Lin, R-S, Lai
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