Unexpected peritoneal metastases diagnosed at the time of primary colon cancer resection: controversies regarding options for management.

ABSTRACT: Peritoneal metastases synchronously occurring in the patient with primary colon cancer causes that patient to be at high risk for subsequent disease progression within the abdomen and pelvis. If peritoneal metastases are preoperatively diagnosed, patients are likely to be treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without biological therapy prior to cytoreductive surgery (CRS). However, if one only considers patients with peritoneal metastases unexpectedly identified at the time of primary colon cancer resection, the optimal management strategy is neither standardized nor evidence based. These authors present an opinion regarding treatment options in unexpectedly (incidentally) detected peritoneal metastases. The primary colon cancer may be asymptomatic (elective list) or may present as

SUBMITTER: Ayloor Seshadri R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565119 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature