Introduction: Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is associated with a dismal prognosis. Small bowel adenocarcinoma is a rare etiology for PC. Due to the rarity, poor prognosis, and lack of standard treatment, we chose to review our experience with this disease process treated with cytoreductive surgery
Clinical course for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis excluded from cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
โ Scribed by Rodt, Anne; Svarrer, Rebekka; Iversen, Lene
- Book ID
- 121618196
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1477-7819
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