External validation of models predicting the individual risk of metachronous peritoneal carcinomatosis from colon and rectal cancer

ConclusionIn validation of external and recent cohorts, the predictive accuracy was strong in colon cancer and moderate in rectal cancer patients. The model can be used to identify high‐risk patients for planned second look laparoscopy/laparotomy for possible subsequent cytoreductive surgery and hypertermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Colorectal Disease - November 20, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: J. Segelman, O. Akre, U. O. Gustafsson, M. Bottai, A. Martling Tags: Original Article Source Type: research