Cytoreductive surgery and heated intra-peritoneal chemotherapy in the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin: The need for practice altering data

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 397-398

  Esquivel, Jesus ^a   Nissan, Aviram ^b   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^c,d  

^a ST AGNES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 55749090184     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21124     Document Type: Editorial

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