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

Understand how the rare relative of ovarian cancer is diagnosed and treated. Joanne Wilson was feeling less like herself — she was always tired, sometimes struggling just to get up in the morning, and ...

PATIENTS undergoing peritoneal dialysis frequently require antibiotic therapy for intraperitoneal and systemic infections. Since information concerning transperitoneal movement of antibiotics is ...

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 ...

For nonviral transfection, the naked DNA can be delivered into cells or tissues either by chemical carriers such as liposome and cationic polymers or by physical/mechanical means exemplified by ...

O-glicosylation alterations of proteins in gastric carcinoma. Background: Peritoneal metastasis is considered to develop from carcinoma cells detached from the serosal surface of the primary site and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...