Use of calcium and magnesium to prevent oxaliplatin-related neurotoxicity. Background: In lieu of contouring individual small bowel loops, the peritoneal space (PS) has been suggested as a possible ...

Accurate and timely diagnosis of appendicitis in children can be challenging, which leads to delayed admittance or misdiagnosis that may cause perforation. Surgical management involves the elimination ...

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 ...

Milky spots are regions of lymphoid tissue found on the omentum in the peritoneal cavity. These tend to have dense capillary networks, forming a proangiogenic habitat for metastases, driven through ...

Inflammation alters the composition and function of the tissue macrophage compartment, typically leading to substantial recruitment of monocytes from the blood and activation or even loss of the ...

Surgical removal of the primary tumor is usually not enough. One in two colorectal cancer patients develops distant metastases. In about 30 percent of the cases, they appear in the lining of the ...

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 ...

New study and promising results from the first clinical trial in patients provide novel insights and new hope for one of the deadliest of cancers. Gastric cancer remains a formidable adversary, ...

Unless you skipped sex ed class, you probably have at least a basic understanding of how babies are made. An egg (ovum) needs to be fertilized by sperm during a precise window in the menstrual cycle ...

Peritoneal mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the membrane that lines the abdomen and its organs, known as the peritoneum. Asbestos exposure is its most common risk factor. Peritoneal ...