title: Quantitative prognostic indicators of peritoneal surface malignancy: carcinomatosis, sarcomatosis, and peritoneal mesothelioma.
abstract: Quantitative prognostic indicators for carcinomatosis and sarcomatosis are essential in the management of peritoneal surface malignancy. This need is greatly accentuated as a new comprehensive therapeutic approach emerges. The assessment of tumor histopathology, prior surgical score, lesion size, and distribution (Gilly classification and peritoneal cancer index) and the completeness of cytoreduction scores are the tools that are currently in use. Although current assessments have greatly facilitated   clinical research, more precise comparisons demand improved quantitation and greater precision. Preoperative and intraoperative assessment of peritoneal surface malignancy will improve patient selection. Now more than ever, postoperative distribution and volume assessments using noninvasive modalities are needed for follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Lyon Sud, 69495 Pierre Bénite, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Glehen
authors.forename: François Noël
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Gilly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome