Curative treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis arising from colorectal cancer by complete resection and intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

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Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is fatal, despite standard systemic chemotherapy. A new approach that combines maximal surgery with maximal regional chemotherapy has potential to cure selected patients who have colorectal PC. The authors have reported the oncologic results of this combined treatment.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Cancer

Title: Cancer

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN: 0008-543X

ISSN (Print): 0008-543X

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 01 2001

Volume: 92

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Department of Oncological Surgery, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France. elias@igr.fr

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010701)92:1<71::AID-CNCR1293>3.0.CO;2-9

DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010701)92:1<71::aid-cncr1293>3.0.co;2-9

PubMed ID: 11443611

SO-VID: ab1e80f9-e0ca-4480-9359-1452125d0235

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