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Shravya Srinivas Rao¹, Soumyadeep Ghosh¹, Baran U Vardar¹

¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

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Peritoneal malignancies require multimodal treatment, integrating surgery with chemotherapy. Advanced imaging is crucial for diagnosis, staging, and guiding treatment decisions in managing these complex cancers.

Keywords:

CT HIPEC MRI Peritoneal carcinomatosis index Peritoneal neoplasms Pseudomyxoma peritonei

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Peritoneal malignancies include primary tumors (e.g., mesothelioma) and secondary spread from other cancers.
Palliative care is evolving towards multimodal strategies combining surgery and chemotherapy.

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To review the imaging manifestations of peritoneal malignancies.
To highlight the role of imaging in diagnosis, staging, and treatment monitoring.
To differentiate malignancies from mimics and guide patient selection.

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Discussion of the "PAUSE" criteria for patient selection and therapy assessment.
Exploration of imaging findings in peritoneal carcinomatosis.

Main Results:

Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy improves survival.
Imaging is essential for assessing tumor burden (Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Index) and treatment response.
Multimodal imaging aids in distinguishing peritoneal malignancies from mimics.

Conclusions:

Multimodal imaging is vital for effective decision-making in peritoneal malignancy management.
Imaging guides patient selection and monitors outcomes for cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy.
Advanced imaging techniques enhance the multidisciplinary approach to peritoneal cancers.