The idea of tumors growing in three dimensions and needing blood vessels in the eye, in the peritoneal cavity, in the thyroid, and many other places, and the whole concept of in situ cancers and ...

This causes new blood vessels to form, which feed the growing ... Another place colon cancer can spread is your peritoneum, the membrane that lines the inside of your belly and pelvis.

The peritoneal cavity, which contains the abdominal ... some cancer cells are too big to fit through the microscopic blood ...

Stage 3B means the cancer has grown into one of the main blood vessels of the liver (the portal vein or hepatic ... that wraps around the internal organs of the abdomen (the visceral peritoneum).

The study, published Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, challenges the conventional belief that a type of fat called ceramides accumulates in blood vessels causing inflammation and health risks.

into a major branch of one of the main blood vessels (the portal or hepatic veins) OR into organs close to the liver (not including the gallbladder) OR through the lining that wraps around the ...