One cancer survivor in the Capital Region is looking to recruit women for a study that she says could change the way ovarian cancer survivors live their lives. Part of her mission includes educating ...

Writing in 1902, Henry O. Marcy implored his surgical colleagues to respect the “great fatty apron” that protects abdominal organs from infection 1. That apron is the omentum, a fatty tissue that ...

Almost one-third of patients undergoing omentectomy for peritoneal metastases had occult omental metastases, supporting routine omentectomy prior to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic ...

Primary tumors arising in the gastrointestinal system, ovary or pancreas may spread and lead to secondary cancers such as metastatic omentum cancer.

SAN ANTONIO — Thanksgiving is a holiday that is centered around gatherings, including food, family, and friends. Meet the San ...

Faye Louise, 39, a former model, who had eight organs removed after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has returned to work. Faye, who had eight organs removed during “the mother of all surgeries”, ...

Selene Meza-Perez, Ph.D., instructor in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, has been named the latest recipient of the school's Featured Discovery award ...

Ovarian cancer is often advanced at the time of diagnosis. Debulking is a surgical procedure that may prevent or delay disease progression. Debulking is a type of surgery that removes as many ovarian ...

a: Tumor cells break through the lymph node envelope; b: Tumor seeding; c: Tumor cells breaking through blood vessels; d: Lymph nodes replaced by tumor cells; e: Discontinuous extension of the tumor. ...