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Investigation of the effectiveness of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in experimental colorectal peritoneal
Berke Manoğlu1, Tuğba Yavuzşen2, Safiye Aktaş3
1Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye.
Objectives:
In our study, we aimed to (1) create a peritoneal metastasis (PM) model in nude mice, administer intraperitoneal chemotherapy using the peritoneal infusion pump we developed in this model, and (2) compare the efficacy of intraperitoneal chemotherapy using various drugs at different temperatures.
Methods:
The peritoneal metastasis model was established in nude mice using the CC531 colon carcinoma cell line. Models with peritoneal metastasis (PM) were randomized into four groups of seven animals each: Group 1, control group (n=7); Group 2, normothermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (NIPEC) with mitomycin C(MMC) (n=7); Group 3, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with mitomycin C (n=7), and Group 4, NIPEC with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).
Results:
Tumor development was achieved in all animals. While the tumor burden decreased significantly in the treatment Group 3 (p=0.034), no significant difference was found in the other groups. In the PM mouse model, hyperthermic intraperitoneal administration of MMC had the highest tumoricidal effect.
Conclusions:
Our PM model provided a good opportunity to examine the efficacy of HIPEC and intraperitoneal infusion pump (IPIP). In future studies, we plan to evaluate efficacies of different drugs in the PM models we have created.
