It is now well established that "pseudomyxoma peritonei" is not a disease in itself but an unpredictable complication occurring in the course of a variety of intra-abdominal conditions ...

Research in Ristimäki Lab focuses on the molecular background of gastrointestinal tumors, mainly colorectal cancer and appendix-originating pseudomyxoma peritonei. In addition to understanding the ...

Former tree surgeon Adam Alderson had organs including his stomach and pancreas, as well as a 10kg (1.5st) growth, removed after being diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei. While the operation in ...

Darren Walker, 56, from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) in 2021. The cancer causes extreme swelling of the abdomen and requires him to have regular ...

Some types of cancers are very difficult to treat. Cancer that has spread to the lining surfaces of the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity from primary colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, gastric cancer, ...

For the first time, researchers have implicated the gene CHCHD2 in Huntington's disease (HD)—an incurable genetic neurodegenerative disorder—and identified the gene as a potentially new ...