.... The term “peritoneal carcinomatosis” (PC), usually indicating the shedding, implantation, and dissemination of a tumor to the peritoneal coating that covers the abdominal cavity and the viscera within it, is the result of a complex sequence of molecular events by which tumor cells disseminate from...

...N.J. Harlaar; J.W. Hesselink; J.S. de Jong; G.M. van Dam Background: The outcome of cytoreductive surgery in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis is influenced by incomplete resection as a result of inadequate detection of a tumor, i.e. residual disease. The future perspective of complete...

...W. Raue; N. Tsilimparis; A. Bloch; C. Menenakos; J. Hartmann Background: Surgical cytoreduction and simultaneous hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal carcinomatosis is afflicted with a high incidence of postoperative complications. The knowledge...

...: Intraperitoneal immunotherapy reduces the peritoneal tumor masses and can even prevent the peritoneal carcinomatosis formation. 24 01 2003 20 05 2003 6 11 2003 The statistical evaluation was performed using SPSS 10.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software, Chicago, Ill...