Cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy in the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis
Authors
Gammon, David C.Dutton, Traci M.
Piperdi, Bilal
Zybert, Jason
Wolfe, Steven H.
Nguyen, Erin
Sbat, Dalia
Pillarisetty, Venu G.
Sullivan, Mary E.
Whalen, Giles F.
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2009-06-19Keywords
AdultAged
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
dosage
Carcinoma
Cisplatin
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced
Infusions, Parenteral
Male
Middle Aged
Mitomycin
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Peritoneal Neoplasms
Quality of Health Care
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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PURPOSE: Cytoreductive surgery (CS) and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy (IPHC) in the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) in 15 patients are described. SUMMARY: Fifteen patients with PC who were treated with CS and IPHC were retrospectively identified between January 2002 and December 2006. All patients underwent cytoreduction immediately followed by IPHC with mitomycin or cisplatin. The time between undergoing CS and IPHC and the date of the last follow-up appointment or the date of death was used to calculate survival data for each patient. Nine patients had complete cytoreduction, and all but one patient had evidence of invasive disease at the time of surgery. Eleven patients required concomitant bowel resection at the time of debulking. Thirteen patients required blood transfusions during the perioperative period. Nine patients were discharged home, and four were discharged to a rehabilitation facility. Two patients died during the perioperative hospital admission, both of whom had a preoperative Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 2. The median survival time was 8.4 months, similar to the findings of previously published studies. Further studies are needed to see if tumor type, ECOG performance status score, degree of cytoreduction, and the chemotherapy agent used in IPHC can be correlated to quality of life and survival in patients with heterogeneous primary sources of intraabdominal malignancies. CONCLUSION: Combination treatment with CS followed by IPHC in 15 patients with heterogeneous primary sources of intraabdominal malignancies resulted in a median survival time of 8.4 months.Source
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009 Jul 1;66(13):1186-90. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.2146/ajhp080019Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26855PubMed ID
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