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WORLD JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CASES
Volume 10, Issue 30, Pages 10852-10861Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i30.10852
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Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Peritoneum; Cytoreductive surgery
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This paper aims to collect principal and systematic reviews on hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and cytoreductive surgery (CRS) in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment. The focus is on the biological aspects of CRC, hyperthermia effects, and surgical procedures. The efficacy of bimodal treatment with accurate CRS appears to extend overall survival in several studies, but there is a lack of detailed and scheduled guidelines for the use of combined treatment in CRC patients.
The pursuit of this paper is to collect principal reviews and systematic reviews about hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and cytoreductive surgery (CRS) used in colorectal cancer (CRC). We focus on principal biological aspects of CRC, hyperthermia effects, and surgical procedures. We searched PubMed/MEDLINE for the principal reviews and systematic reviews published from 2010 to 2021 regarding the bimodal treatment (CRS + HIPEC) against local and advanced CRC. In the literature, from several studies, it seems that the efficacy of bimodal treatment with an accurate CRS can extend overall survival. Despite these studies, there are not still any straight guidelines more detailed and scheduled about the use of combined treatment in patients with CRC. Even if the concept is still not very clear and shared, after a careful evaluation of the published data, and after some technical and pathophysiological descriptions, we concluded that it is possible to improve the overall survival and quality of life and to reduce the tumor relapse in patients affected by locally advanced (pT4) CRC with peritoneal metastases.
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