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
Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis secondary to urachal adenocarcinoma
β Scribed by L. Spencer Krane; A. Karim Kader; Edward A. Levine
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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