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Intraperitoneal chemotherapy: Hot, timely, and relevant?
Author(s) -
Mackay Helen J.,
Kohn Elise C.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.33163
Subject(s) - medicine , intraperitoneal chemotherapy , intensive care medicine , popularity , standard of care , chemotherapy , randomized controlled trial , surgery , cancer , ovarian cancer , psychology , social psychology
The use of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy has been growing in popularity in recent years. Even with a positive randomized trial, issues concerning the study design and the statistical analysis raise questions about whether this technique should be recommended as a standard‐of‐care approach. There are many questions that remain unanswered.