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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dehal A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4754310 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 20160201 1
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) has historically been considered a terminal condition with merely palliative treatment achieving a survival rate measured in months. Cytoreductive surgery (CyRS) and intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) have emerged as potentially effective regional treatments with the potential for long-term survival in well-selected patients. The fundamentals of CyRS and IPC are patient selection and complete cytoreduction. Since there is now sufficient evidence for the superiority ...[more]