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SUBMITTER: Noguchi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8877412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Noguchi Rei R Yoshimatsu Yuki Y Sin Yooksil Y Ono Takuya T Tsuchiya Ryuto R Yoshida Hiroshi H Kiyono Tohru T Yonemura Yutaka Y Kondo Tadashi T
Journal of personalized medicine 20220210 2
Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is the intraperitoneal accumulation of mucus due to a mucinous tumor. PMP predominantly occurs in low-grade carcinomas. The incidence rate of PMP is one to two cases per million people per year. The standard therapy of PMP comprises complete cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. PMP recurs in about 50% of patients, and 30-40% are unable to receive the standard treatment because of its invasiveness. Therefore, novel therapies are of the ...[more]