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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Coccolini F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3819534 | biostudies-other | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
World journal of gastroenterology 20131101 41
Several gastrointestinal and gynecological malignancies have the potential to disseminate and grow in the peritoneal cavity. The occurrence of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) has been shown to significantly decrease overall survival in patients with liver and/or extraperitoneal metastases from gastrointestinal cancer. During the last three decades, the understanding of the biology and pathways of dissemination of tumors with intraperitoneal spread, and the understanding of the protective function ...[more]