title: Cyto-reductive Surgery combined with Hyperthermic Intra-peritoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies: current treatment and results.
abstract: Cyto-reductive Surgery (CS) combined with Hyperthermic Intra-peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) as loco-regional treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM) has increasingly gained acceptance in clinical practice. This review summarizes the more relevant studies on this topic. Indications, pre-operative work-up, technical aspects, outcome and future directions of this combined approach in the treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies are discussed here and proposed in an informative and didactic manner.
authors.affiliation: Melanoma and Sarcoma Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology, National Cancer Institute - IRCCS, Padova, Italy. antonio.sommariva@ioveneto.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sommariva
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pilati
authors.forename: Carlo Riccardo
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents