PMP Research Foundation - Report from the 9th International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies The PMP Research Foundation was proud to once again sponsor and present at the 9th International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies.  This year’s Congress was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by the incomparable Vic Verwaal of the Netherlands Cancer Institute.  PMPRF built upon our participation in...

The PMP Research Foundation mourns the loss of our dear friend, Doug Selmont.  Doug was a six-year PMP survivor and an enthusiastic supporter of PMPRF from its inception. In addition to attending the PMPRF Philly PMP Cancer Walk, Doug and his wife Lindsey helmed the annual, and infamous, PMP Pub Crawl in New Haven, CT since 2010. Our thoughts and sympathy are with Doug’s...

We are overjoyed to announce today that this year the PMP Research Foundation achieved our goal of raising ONE MILLION DOLLARS for PMP research in 5 years! This was the dream of our founder, Lisa Luciano, when she started the PMP Research Foundation five years ago. We cannot think of a better way to honor her memory than by achieving...

Re: “Hot Chemotherapy Bath: Patients See Hope, Critics Hold Doubts,” by Andrew Pollack (New York Times, 8/12/11, A1): This article about cytoreductive surgery followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (“CRS/HIPEC”) was informative and pointed out both the benefits of this treatment and some of the debate surrounding it. However, I feel that a few factual clarifications are essential to keep the...

From Gerald Lewandowski, PMPRF Board Member and Research Committee Co-Chair: The 7th International Workshop on Peritoneal Surface Maligancy was held in Uppsala, Sweden in September 2010.  The conference was truly international - attended by top physicians, nurses, researchers and other specialists from around the world who treat and research pseudomyxoma peritonei and other peritoneal surface malignancies. The conference was also attended by a number of non-medical people,...