Looking for advice please! :)

peritoneal studding
First, I'm sorry to hear about your partner's news. Second, whilst the internet is great for information, I don't think it's good to rely on it completely particularly when it comes to prognosis. You haven't said whether the bowel cancer and the peritoneal cancer are one entity or they are different types of cells. If they're different, it might explain why the peritoneal cancer isn't responding as well. Perhaps his oncologist will change the mix of the chemo. The prognosis depends on the type of cancer a person has, whether it's aggressive, what, if any, metastatis there is, to what extent it has spread within the local area and then how any individual responds to treatment. When I looked on the internet at my peritoneal cancer, I was shocked at what I was reading. Then I learned that the grade of my cancer is 1. It's slow growing and more like the original cells it comes from than more aggressive tumours. That said, the cancer is well advanced and a lot of damage has been done to my abdomen which I find scary to say the least. You'll find lots of information on the information on HIPEC treatment. The trouble is with cancer is that sometimes, it's best not to operate as this can cause further difficulties. HIPEC isn't the easy option and the treatment can be more difficult to bear than IV chemo. The drug seems to get to where it needs to be on the plus side. I can't have HIPEC because my organs are stuck together with adhesions and the adhesions themselves have tumours on them. Apparently, there is no blood supply to adhesions and tumours there aren't going to respond at all. My own cancer is managed palliatively in that the chemo is for symptom relief and not a cure. When I was told in March that the cancer was advanced, I thought I only had a short time left. Now I've been told that according to the latest tentative research, some kinds of tumours of the peritoneum don't act in the same way as ovarian cancers and, in fact, rather than the two cancers being alike, they are, in fact, separate entities. More research is needed into peritoneal cancer to track the disease so that proper drugs for the job can be developed. I hope this helps.

MarisaUK54 said:

Peritoneum removel?
Hello..

I am quite new to this site but am interested in all comments made here as information generally seems a bit scarce. I was intererested in reading what you'd written; can the peritoneum be removed then?

Thanks,
Marisa

Hi Marisa and welcome.
It's
Hi Marisa and welcome.

It's a good question. I don't really know that answer, would like to know too. It's probably a good idea to ask it in a new thread so I will start one. That way it will likely get more attention and answers.

So look out for the new thread "Removing peritoneum?"

For now,

AussieMaddie

wanttogetwellsoon said:

peritoneal studding
First, I'm sorry to hear about your partner's news. Second, whilst the internet is great for information, I don't think it's good to rely on it completely particularly when it comes to prognosis. You haven't said whether the bowel cancer and the peritoneal cancer are one entity or they are different types of cells. If they're different, it might explain why the peritoneal cancer isn't responding as well. Perhaps his oncologist will change the mix of the chemo. The prognosis depends on the type of cancer a person has, whether it's aggressive, what, if any, metastatis there is, to what extent it has spread within the local area and then how any individual responds to treatment. When I looked on the internet at my peritoneal cancer, I was shocked at what I was reading. Then I learned that the grade of my cancer is 1. It's slow growing and more like the original cells it comes from than more aggressive tumours. That said, the cancer is well advanced and a lot of damage has been done to my abdomen which I find scary to say the least. You'll find lots of information on the information on HIPEC treatment. The trouble is with cancer is that sometimes, it's best not to operate as this can cause further difficulties. HIPEC isn't the easy option and the treatment can be more difficult to bear than IV chemo. The drug seems to get to where it needs to be on the plus side. I can't have HIPEC because my organs are stuck together with adhesions and the adhesions themselves have tumours on them. Apparently, there is no blood supply to adhesions and tumours there aren't going to respond at all. My own cancer is managed palliatively in that the chemo is for symptom relief and not a cure. When I was told in March that the cancer was advanced, I thought I only had a short time left. Now I've been told that according to the latest tentative research, some kinds of tumours of the peritoneum don't act in the same way as ovarian cancers and, in fact, rather than the two cancers being alike, they are, in fact, separate entities. More research is needed into peritoneal cancer to track the disease so that proper drugs for the job can be developed. I hope this helps.

Peritoneum Removal
Hi: Sorry, putting this response at the end as I get confused when new items are placed earlier. Sorry! Anyways, yes the peritoneum can be removed surgically. The surgery is called peritoneum stripping. The surgery to remove as many tumours in the abdominal cavity as possible before that surgery is called debulking. As far as I know. The omentum is part of the peritoneum, the fatty part that hangs over the stomach like a blobby curtain. It too can be removed. As far as I read, the peritoneum can grow back though. Not sure what holds in all the things in your abdomen once the peritoneum has been removed surgically though!
I, too, am being treated chemically (IV type) for peritoneum seeding (oxaliplatin-irenotecan-5FU pump) although my oncologist wants to get me into the surgery.
Cheryl