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How do you get pseudomyxoma peritonei?

The exact cause of pseudomyxoma peritonei is not known, but it typically starts as a rare type of slow-growing cancer called appendix cancer or mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix.

A day for remembering

A day for remembering

Audrey Hepburn believed that ‘As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others’ and this is the ethos of Pseudomyxoma Survivor.

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Where did we come from?

Where did we come from?

Launched by Dawn Green in 2011, Pseudomyxoma Survivor works to improve the lives of the living with PMP, as a patient or as a caregiver. Struggling to find support herself, Dawn was keenly aware that there was a lack of emotional support for anyone with the disease. She dedicated the website to the memory of a fellow PMP patient, Julie Stanton.

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