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Peritoneal cancers are very rare cancers that form in the longitudinally thin layer of epithelial cells in the inner wall of the abdomen. The disease has no obvious symptoms when in the early stages, only when the patient sees abnormal pain and goes to the doctor, the disease is already in the late stage. So what is peritoneal metastatic cancer?1.What is metastatic peritoneal cancer?
The peritoneum covers the entire inner surface of the abdominal wall and they also cover the gastrointestinal tract and some other viscera located in the abdominal region. The peritoneum consists of 3 parts: omentum, mesentery and ligament
Peritoneal cancer is divided into 2 types: primary peritoneal cancer and secondary peritoneal cancer - peritoneal metastatic cancer.
Metastatic peritoneal cancer usually occurs in another organ in the abdomen, then metastasizes to the peritoneum. Some places can start from: stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, appendix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder,... According to statistics, there are about 10-15% of diseases. Patients with colon and stomach cancer will have metastases to the peritoneum. When cancer metastasizes, cancer-causing cells will be present at the site of metastasis.
2. Symptoms of peritoneal metastatic cancer
Early stage peritoneal cancer has no signs or signs but very few. Symptoms more or less show the severity of the disease, such as:
Fatigue, loss of appetite, Unexplained rapid weight loss, Abdominal pain, flatulence, indigestion Nausea, vomiting Severe in In the late stage, the patient will have symptoms of abdominal effusion, intestinal obstruction, urinary tract obstruction, severe abdominal pain, unable to eat.
Ung thư di căn phúc mạc thường xuất hiện ở một cơ quan khác trong ổ bụng, sau đó di căn đến phúc mạc
3. Causes of metastatic peritoneal cancer
3.1 Causes of peritoneal metastatic cancer The main causes identified by doctors as peritoneal cancer can be listed as:
Use of hormone therapy after menopause People with obesity are at risk high cancer. Elderly endometriosis 3.2 Treatment of metastatic peritoneal cancer Metastatic peritoneal cancer mostly originates in the gastrointestinal tract. To detect the disease, it can be based on the diagnosis based on laparoscopy with biopsy and imaging methods such as MSCT, MRI, PET/CT.
Chemotherapy Use chemotherapy before surgery to help shrink a tumor or chemotherapy after surgery to remove any remaining cancer cells
Điều trị ung thư phúc mạc chủ yếu là hóa trị, phẫu thuật, điều trị toàn thân
Surgery When a tumor appears, the doctor will have surgery to remove the tumor and radiotherapy to prevent spreading to surrounding sites. Besides removing as much of the tumor as possible. Not only the tumor site, but also the abnormal tissue in the abdomen will be removed.
Systemic treatment Intravenous chemotherapy has a poor effect on peritoneal tumors, so the choice of systemic chemotherapy is often done in combination with tumor reduction surgery and local chemotherapy in the peritoneum. desert.
Combining treatments according to the patient's condition will significantly improve the patient's survival time and quality of life.
It can be seen that peritoneal cancer is a dangerous disease that, if not treated in time, will have a lot of impact on health, even death. Currently, the disease often has no signs and is difficult to detect, so customers should actively take the initiative to regularly go for periodic health checks or can sign up for a general health checkup package at Vinmec International General Hospital.
With the support of modern medical equipment combined with experienced doctors, it will help to identify health abnormalities most accurately. From there will give advice on nutrition, exercise as well as treatment direction in case of need.
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