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Vanessa M Welten1, Nelya Melnitchouk2
1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/VanessaWelten.
Abstract:
Colorectal cancer with peritoneal involvement is traditionally recognized as having a poor prognosis, with treatment initially limited to palliative systemic chemotherapy alone. The introduction of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) in combination with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy drastically altered the course of this disease entity and has demonstrated improvements in survival outcomes. Recent evidence has shown benefit of CRS but did not show benefit of HIPEC. Under the guidance of a multidisciplinary team and for appropriately selected patients, CRS is a key component of treatment that can positively alter the course of disease outcomes for patients with peritoneal involvement.
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