Peritoneal carcinomatosis: patients selection, perioperative complications and quality of life related to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Peritoneal tumor dissemination arising from colorectal cancer, appendiceal cancer, gastric cancer, gynecologic malignancies or peritoneal mesothelioma is a common sign of advanced tumor stage or disease recurrence and mostly associat...

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Main Authors: Schlitt Hans J, Glockzin Gabriel, Piso Pompiliu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/7/1/5