Meta‐analysis of prognostic factors for patients with colorectal peritoneal metastasis undergoing cytoreductive surgery and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Background Up to 15 per cent of colorectal cancers present with peritoneal metastases (CPM). Cytoreductive surgery and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS + HIPEC) aims to achieve macroscopic tumour resection combined with HIPEC to destroy microscopic disease. CRS + HIPEC is a major operation w...

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Main Authors: S. Hallam, R. Tyler, M. Price, A. Beggs, H. Youssef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019-10-01
Series:BJS Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50179