| Literature DB >> 28138635 |
Zhong-He Ji1, Kai-Wen Peng1, Yan Li1.
Abstract
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is one of the most common causes of death in gastric cancer patients. Intraperitoneal free cancer cells (IFCCs) play a very important role in forming PC, but the administration of intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) and/or hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) could be an effective treatment for IFCCs. This review focuses on the origin of IFCCs, the mechanism of PC formatting, the rationale of IPC/HIPEC, and the current clinical trials on IPC/HIPEC to treat advanced gastric cancer patients.Entities:
Keywords: Intraperitoneal free cancer cells (IFCCs); gastric cancer (GC); hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC); intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC); peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC)
Year: 2016 PMID: 28138635 PMCID: PMC5244747 DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2016.08.03
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol ISSN: 2415-1289