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SUBMITTER: Shah R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10843886 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shah Rupen R Gangi Alexandra A
Clinics in colon and rectal surgery 20230313 2
Peritoneal metastases from colon cancer are a particularly challenging disease process given the limited response to systemic chemotherapy. In patients with isolated peritoneal metastases, cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy offers a potential treatment option to these patients with limited peritoneal metastases as long as a complete cytoreduction is achieved. Decision about a patient's candidacy for this treatment modality should be undertaken by a multidiscipli ...[more]