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.

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 ...