Open AccessPeritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Origin
Author(s) -
Manuel J. Koppe,
Otto C. Boerman,
Wim J.G. Oyen,
Robert P. Bleichrodt
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000197702.46394.16
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy , cytoreductive surgery , colorectal cancer , incidence (geometry) , surgery , peritoneal carcinomatosis , chemotherapy , intraperitoneal chemotherapy , cancer , oncology , ovarian cancer , physics , optics
To review the literature with regard to the incidence and prognostic significance of peritoneal seeding during surgery for primary colorectal cancer (CRC), the incidence of intraperitoneal recurrence of CRC, and the current treatment strategies of established PC of colorectal origin, with special focus on cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPEC).