[Clinical effect of intraperitoneal hyperthermochemotherapy on the survival rate for advanced gastric cancer...

Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion (IPHP) was performed right after surgery for 31 advanced gastric cancer patients with serosal invasion and/or peritoneal dissemination. The survival rate in the IPHP group, was compared with that in the control group, 30 patients who underwent surgery alone within the same period of time. The 1-year survival rates for IPHP group and control group were 81.9% and 40.3%, respectively. The 2-year survival rates were 52.1% and 11.8%, and the 3-year survival rates were 26.1% and 0%, respectively. The survival rate for IPHP group was better than that for control group, with p = 1.46 x 10(-4). IPHP and control group with peritoneal dissemination included 21 and 9 patients respectively, and 50% survival rates were 18 months and 4.2 months, respectively. IPHP and control group with serosal invasion included 10 and 21 patients, respectively, and 8 out of 10 patients survived in the IPHP group, while 17 out of 21 patients died in the control group. These results suggest that IPHP is effective for gastric cancer patients with peritoneal dissemination and/or serosal invasion.