Tuberculous peritonitis occurs when tuberculosis (TB) spreads to the protective lining of your abdomen. This can cause abdominal pain and swelling, but early antibiotic treatment can help. Tuberculous ...

Gastric cancer remains a formidable adversary, ranking as the fifth most common cancer and the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with over 1,000,000 new cases and close to ...

Peritoneal cancer is difficult to treat and has a poor survival prognosis. But a new and effective nanomedicine delivery system is offering some hope. The company is called NaDeNo and is well underway ...

Tuberculous peritonitis is a bacterial infection that affects the peritoneum. It commonly causes abdominal pain and fever, but symptoms may also include weight loss, tiredness, and a loss of appetite.

Malignant ascites can develop with late stage pancreatic cancer. Ascites involves the buildup of fluid in the abdomen. Doctors can drain the fluid to relieve symptoms, but fluid may return. Ascites ...

Endometriosis is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disease characterised by the presence of endometrial-like epithelium and ...

Neoantigen (tumor-specific antigen) mRNA-based vaccines induce progenitor‑exhausted T cells that support anti‑PD‑1 therapy, leading to enhanced antitumor efficacy against gastric cancer, which has ...

Metastatic colon cancer is generally considered incurable except for the setting of metastases that are isolated to the liver or lung and can be resected. During the last 20 years, there has been a ...

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a clinicopathologic syndrome that is characterized by mucinous ascites and pools of mucin, including neoplastic, mucinous epithelium within the peritoneal cavity. 1 PMP ...

Static ultrasound guidance is used to select and mark the site of needle insertion immediately before the procedure takes place. Dynamic ultrasound guidance, in contrast, is used to directly visualize ...