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SUBMITTER: Yang SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955007 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Seung Yoon SY Kang Jae Hyun JH Kim Ho Seung HS Han Yoon Dae YD Min Byung Soh BS Lee Kang Young KY
Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 20191201 6
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) was previously considered an incurable disease with a poor survival outcome. As our understanding of its biology evolved, the paradigm of the management of PC from colorectal cancer (CRC) has changed, including the combination of macroscopic disease control, cytoreductive surgery (CRS), maximal regional chemotherapy to treat residual microscopic disease, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). As with many surgical innovations, CRS with HIPEC has evo ...[more]