Pathophysiology of elevated ascites fluid cholesterol in malignant ascites [PDF]
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.
Alexander L. Gerbes +27 more
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Cytologic identification of serous neoplasms in peritoneal fluids [PDF]
Recognition of serous neoplasms in peritoneal fluids and their subclassification into serous borderline tumors (SBT) and serous carcinomas (SCA) may be difficult. The objective of this study was to determine whether morphologic criteria can distinguish reactive mesothelial cells (RM), SBT, and SCA (grades 1-3) in peritoneal fluids.A blinded review of ...
M M, Weir, D A, Bell
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Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) represents the cornerstone of surgical management for peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) and involves peritonectomy procedures aimed at complete peritoneal tumour resection.
Megan Fallows +3 more
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Systematic assessment of HER2/neu in gynecologic neoplasms, an institutional experience. [PDF]
BackgroundHER2/neu overexpression and/or amplification has been widely studied in a number of solid tumors, primarily in the breast. In gynecologic neoplasms, determination of HER2/neu status has not been well studied as a predictive biomarker in anti ...
Apple, Sophia K +5 more
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Searching for the primitive tumor of a peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is no easy task even considering the multiple modern diagnostic procedures at our disposal.
S S Coelho, P M Silva, J Ramos
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Aim Relapse after curative treatment for advanced gastric cancer, and especially peritoneal recurrence, is very common and has a dismal prognosis. The aim of this review is to summarize existing evidence regarding risk factors and prophylactic treatments
Biying Huang +2 more
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Evaluation of the relationships between computed tomography features, pathological findings, and rrognostic risk assessment in gastrointestinal stromal tumors [PDF]
Objectives The aim of this study was to correlate computed tomography (CT) findings with pathology in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Methods A retrospective evaluation of CT images of 44 patients with GISTs was performed.
BRIANI, CHIARA +8 more
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A phase 2 trial of short-course Hyperthermic IntraPeritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) at interval cytoreductive surgery (iCRS) for advanced ovarian cancer [PDF]
Objective: to report the final analysis of a phase 2 trial assessing the efficacy and safety of short-course hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Methods: this was an open-label,
THALES PAULO BATISTA +7 more
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Prediction of progression-free survival in patients with advanced, well-differentiated, neuroendocrine tumors being treated with a somatostatin analog: the GETNE-TRASGU study [PDF]
Artículo escrito por un elevado número de autores, sólo se referencian el que aparece en primer lugar, y los autores pertenecientes a la UAMSomatostatin analogs (SSAs) are recommended for the first-line treatment of most patients with well ...
Carmona Bayonas, Alberto +1 more
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Urachal mucinous tumors are rare neoplasms with behaviour that can range from relatively benign to malignancy that can spread distantly or throughout the peritoneum as pseudomyxoma peritonei or peritoneal carcinomatosis. Here we describe a unique case of
Kelly Brennan +3 more
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