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Role of CT texture analysis for predicting peritoneal metastases in patients with gastric cancer
Aim of the study was to perform CT texture analysis in patients with gastric cancer (GC) to investigate potential role of radiomics for predicting the occurrence of peritoneal metastases (PM).
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Diagnostic performance of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for detecting peritoneal metastases: systematic review and meta-analysis
Primary end point was to assess diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting peritoneal metastases (PM). Secondary end points were determining the diagnosti...
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Proactive Management for Gastric, Colorectal and Appendiceal Malignancies: Preventing Peritoneal Metastases with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
An integrated treatment strategy using peritonectomy procedures plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is now a clinical standard of care in selected patients with peritoneal metastases and pri...
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Does the Implantation Technique for Totally Implantable Venous Access Ports (TIVAPs) Influence Long-Term Outcome?
Totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAP) are eventually explanted for various reasons, related or unrelated to the implantation technique used. Having more information on long-term explantation would he...
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Open AccessCytoreduction and HIPEC in the treatment of “unconventional” secondary peritoneal carcinomatosis
Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is considered a terminal and incurable disease. In the last 30 years, cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) radically changed the therapeu...
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Patient Selection for Treatment
Appropriate patient selection is of primary importance to successful cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). Given the high morbidity rate associated with these comb...
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Other Primary Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Primary peritoneal surface malignancies (other than mesothelioma) are serous papillary carcinoma (PPSPC) and desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT). According new histogenetic theories, PPSPC and ovarian ...
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Rationale for Integrated Procedures: Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Combined
Diffuse peritoneal malignancy raises major therapeutic problems and puts the patient’s life at high risk. In the past, systemic chemotherapy regimens functioned as a purely palliative approach, and palliative ...
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Open AccessDepth of colorectal-wall invasion and lymph-node involvement as major outcome factors influencing surgical strategy in patients with advanced and recurrent ovarian cancer with diffuse peritoneal metastases
More information is needed on the anatomopathological outcome variables indicating the appropriate surgical strategy for the colorectal resections often needed during cytoreduction for ovarian cancer.
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Open AccessSubcutaneous metastases from colon cancer: a case report
Dukes A stages of colorectal cancer are rarely reported to metastasize. Subcutaneous or skin metastases from colon cancer are rare events and usually indicate widespread disease.
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Predominant Brenner Tumor Combined with Struma Ovarii Containing a Papillary Microcarcinoma Associated with Benign Peritoneal Strumosis: Report of a Case and Histologic Features
Brenner tumor and struma ovarii, two uncommon ovarian tumors arising alone or together with dermoid cysts or adenomas, are both rare entities. Both tumors rarely become malignant and rarely metastasize. Few pu...
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Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Cancer: Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Until recent years a diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from intra-abdominal solid tumors carried a uniformly fatal prognosis, often within weeks or months. Since the 1980s, following the intuition of...
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Abdominal rectopexy for complete rectal prolapse: preliminary results of a new technique
Although the technique for the surgical repair of rectal prolapse has advanced over the years, no ideal procedure has been found. We aim to test a new surgical procedure for abdominal rectopexy that uses the g...
