Cytoreductive Surgery With Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy and Liver Resection is a Treatment Option for Patients With Peritoneal and Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer
Vegar Johansen Dagenborg,
Kristoffer Watten Brudvik,
Christin Lund-Andersen
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Colorectal cancer frequently metastasize to the liver and peritoneum, and is associated with a poor prognosis. In selected patients, a benefit in overall survival (OS) was shown for both peritoneal metastases (PM-CRC) offered cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC), and colorectal liver metastases (CLM) treated with surgical resection. However, the presence of CLM was considered a relative contraindication to CRS-HIPEC, causing a paucity in outcom… Show more
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