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Peritoneal Neoplasms

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging researchRising momentum
7
Publications
19
Clinical trials
4
Related conditions
2025
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

FIGO staging of endometrial cancer: 2023.

Research2023-06-20International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Ovarian Cancer, Version 3.2022.

Research2022-09-01Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

Staging classification for cancer of the ovary, fallopian tube, and peritoneum.

Research2013-10-22International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Clinical trials

16 sponsors · 1 new · 1 completed in the last 12 months (net +1)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
19
All trials
6
Active
6
Late-stage
6
Completed
Late-stage studies
Recruiting
Recently completed

Research activity

7 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Publications over time
20142025
Most influential

Staging classification for cancer of the ovary, fallopian tube, and peritoneum.

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2014 · 883 cites

FIGO staging of endometrial cancer: 2023.

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2023 · 618 cites

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Ovarian Cancer, Version 3.2022.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2022 · 287 cites
Recent publications

FIGO staging of endometrial cancer: 2023.

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2023 · 618 cites

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Ovarian Cancer, Version 3.2022.

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2022 · 287 cites
Major themes8
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms5
  • Hyperthermia, Induced2
  • Ovarian Neoplasms2
  • Stomach Neoplasms2
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid1
  • Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial1
  • Claudins1
  • Colorectal Neoplasms1
Leading journals6
  • International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2
  • Annals of surgical oncology1
  • Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)1
  • Gynecologic oncology1
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN1
  • Scientific reports1
Leading researchers8
  • Acs M1
  • Alvarez RD1
  • Armetta J1
  • Armstrong DK1
  • Backes FJ1
  • Bakkum-Gamez JN1
  • Barroilhet L1
  • Behbakht K1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.1
  • Asan Medical Center1
  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute.1
  • Catharina Cancer Institute1
  • Centre Hospitalier Lyon-sud1
  • CICLY: Center for Innovation in Cancer in Lyon1

Related conditions

4 matches

Diseases frequently studied alongside this one. Number shows shared papers.

Disease profile

A grounded synthesis of the condition — overview, causes, mechanism, risk factors and current standard of care.

Overview

Peritoneal neoplasms are tumors or cancers arising in the peritoneum. The literature grounding here also includes secondary peritoneal disease, particularly peritoneal metastasis from gastric cancer.

Causes

The supplied grounding supports secondary involvement of the peritoneum from advanced gastric cancer as a cause of peritoneal neoplastic disease. No primary etiologic causes are specified.

Pathophysiology

The grounding indicates that peritoneal neoplasms can occur as secondary peritoneal metastasis, meaning malignant spread to the peritoneum from another primary cancer such as gastric cancer. The literature also frames this as a disease process addressed by local and intraperitoneal treatment approaches, but it does not provide a deeper biological mechanism.

Risk factors

Advanced gastric cancer is associated with peritoneal metastasis in the supplied review abstract. No additional risk factors are specified in the grounding.

Current standard of care

The grounding supports systemic chemotherapy as a baseline treatment for peritoneal metastatic gastric cancer. It also describes additive local modalities used in selected patients, including cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy, with approaches such as HIPEC, NIPS, and PIPAC used in multimodal treatment concepts for curative or palliative intent.

AI-generated summary grounded in MeSH and 1 peer-reviewed source. Informational only — not medical advice. Generated 2026-07-07.

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Tumors or cancer of the PERITONEUM.

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.