TY - JOUR
T1 - Cyto-reductive Surgery combined with Hyperthermic Intra-Peritoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
T2 - Current treatment and results
AU - Sommariva, Antonio
AU - Pilati, Pierluigi
AU - Rossi, Carlo Riccardo
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Cyto-reductive Surgery (CS) combined with Hyperthermic Intra-peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) as loco-regional treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM) has increasingly gained acceptance in clinical practice. This review summarizes the more relevant studies on this topic. Indications, pre-operative work-up, technical aspects, outcome and future directions of this combined approach in the treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies are discussed here and proposed in an informative and didactic manner.
AB - Cyto-reductive Surgery (CS) combined with Hyperthermic Intra-peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) as loco-regional treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM) has increasingly gained acceptance in clinical practice. This review summarizes the more relevant studies on this topic. Indications, pre-operative work-up, technical aspects, outcome and future directions of this combined approach in the treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies are discussed here and proposed in an informative and didactic manner.
KW - Chemo-hyperthermia
KW - Cytoreductive surgery
KW - Peritoneal carcinomatosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2011.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2011.07.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 21807464
AN - SCOPUS:84859159911
VL - 38
SP - 258
EP - 268
JO - Cancer Treatment Reviews
JF - Cancer Treatment Reviews
SN - 0305-7372
IS - 4
ER -