Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for gastric and colorectal cancer in Mainland China.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the current status of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) management, as well as the usage of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in mainland China.

Methods

A potentially curative therapeutic strategy for selecting patients with PC, known as "Techniques", consists of CRS in combination with HIPEC. A systemic search of published works and clinical trials was performed. Additional papers were retrieved by cross-checking references and obtaining information from Chinese oncologists and relevant conferences. One hundred and one papers and one registered clinical trial on HIPEC were included.

Results

A literature review identified 86 hospitals in 25 out of all 31 areas of mainland China that perform HIPEC. The ear

SUBMITTER: Suo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3057152 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature