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SUBMITTER: Nadiradze G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4722080 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nadiradze Giorgi G Giger-Pabst Urs U Zieren Juergen J Strumberg Dirk D Solass Wiebke W Reymond Marc-André MA
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 20151028 2
<h4>Background</h4>Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a novel technique of intraperitoneal chemotherapy. First results obtained with PIPAC in patients with advanced peritoneal metastasis (PM) from gastric cancer (GC) are presented.<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective analysis: Sixty PIPAC were applied in 24 consecutive patients with PM from GC. 67 % patients had previous surgery, and 79 % previous platinum-based systemic chemotherapy. Mean Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Index (PCI) ...[more]