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Tumors in the abdominal cavity and the pelvis can lead to metastasis, i.e. tumor settlement in the omentum majus. The tumor cells of ovarian cancer particularly like to metastasize into the fat-rich peritoneal duplication, because it contains many nutrients and energy, so that optimal growth conditions for the metastases are given. They can either occur sporadically or turn the entire omentum majus into a hard plate of metastases.
Researchers now even assume that certain messenger substances in the fat cells of the omentum majus attract the tumor cells. A particularly unfavorable aspect is the mostly late symptomatology of ovarian cancer and the resulting metastases. Early symptoms are not recognizable or are very unspecific, so that most women consult a doctor only after an increase in abdominal girth as a result of the growth of the tumor.
In addition to ovarian cancer, other tumors can also metastasize into the omentum majus. These include colon cancer, pancreatic cancer and also stomach cancer. Depending on the initial tumor, a combination of chemotherapy and removal of the tumor is often the most suitable therapeutic procedure.
Depending on the location and size of the metastases, they can also be removed. In the case of metastasis into the omentum majus, a complete omentectomy is performed.