Primary peritoneal carcinoma

Primary peritoneal cancer or carcinoma is also known as serous surface papillary carcinoma, primary peritoneal carcinoma, extra-ovarian serous carcinoma, primary serous papillary carcinoma, psammomacarcinoma. It was historically classified under "carcinoma of unknown primary" (CUP). Primary peritoneal cancer (PPC, or PPCa)^[1] is a cancer of the cells lining the peritoneum, or abdominal cavity.

Prognosis and treatment is the same as for the most common type of ovarian cancer, which is epithelial ovarian cancer.^[2]^[3]

The median survival of primary peritoneal carcinomas is usually shorter by 2–6 months time when compared with serous ovarian cancer.

References

↑ Primary peritoneal carcinoma in a UK cancer center: comparison with advanced ovarian carcinoma over a 5-year period. Int. J. Gynecol. Cancer 16 (Suppl 1) (2006). p. 123–8. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00474.x.
↑ New Drug Combination for Ovarian and Primary Peritoneal Cancers - National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
↑ eMedicine — Peritoneal Cancer : Article by Wissam Bleibel (15 July 2021).

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[pmid16515579-1] Primary peritoneal carcinoma in a UK cancer center: comparison with advanced ovarian carcinoma over a 5-year period. Int. J. Gynecol. Cancer 16 (Suppl 1) (2006). p. 123–8. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00474.x.

[urlNew_Drug_Combination_for_Ovarian_and_Primary_Peritoneal_Cancers_-_National_Cancer_Institute-2] New Drug Combination for Ovarian and Primary Peritoneal Cancers - National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2018-01-23.

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