Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in elderly patients. A systematic literature review

The objective of this review was to evaluate morbidity, mortality and survival outcomes of elderly patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. A systematic literature search and standardized data collection of primary research publications until June 2016 on morbidity, mortality and survival outcomes in adults aged 65 and older with peritoneal carcinomatosis treated with cytoreduction and HIPEC was performed, using PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, ClinicalTrials.gov and Cochrane. Bibliographies of relevant reports were also hand-searched to identify all potentially eligible studies.

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Source: Surgical Oncology - September 6, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: V. L ópez-López, P.A. Cascales-Campos, M.A. Schneider, J. Gil, E. Gil, N. Rodriguez Gomez-Hidalgo, P. Parrilla Source Type: research