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Culture and Imaging of Ex Vivo Organotypic Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Tumor Slices from Resected Human Tumor Specimens
Published on: December 9, 2022
Twenty-years' experience with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for
Evangelia Papantoni1, Konstantinos Ntatsis, Dimitrios Kyziridis
1Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Purpose:
Pseudomyxoma peritonei is treated with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined and hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). The purpose of this study was to report the20-year experience of one surgical team inCRS and HIPEC for PMP of appendiceal origin.
Methods:
Retrospective study of the files of patients with PMP of appendiceal origin that underwent CRS+HIPEC. Morbidity and hospital mortality were recorded. Clinical and histopathologic variables were correlated to survival and recurrence.
Results:
The files of 41 patients with PMP of appendiceal origin that underwent CRS+HIPEC from 1999-2018 were retrieved. The mortality and the morbidity rates were 2.4% and 29.3%, respectively. The 5- and 8-year survival rate was 68.3%. The completeness of cytoreduction, and the extent of previous surgery were identified as the prognostic indicators of survival. The recurrence rate was 32.5% with the completeness of cytoreduction, the histologic type of the tumor being the prognostic indicator.
Conclusions:
CRS in combination with perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a safe and effective treatment in the management of PMP of appendiceal origin.
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