Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy versus palliative systemic chemotherapy in stomach cancer patients with peritoneal dissemination, the study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PERISCOPE II)

At present, palliative systemic chemotherapy is the standard treatment in the Netherlands for gastric cancer patients with peritoneal dissemination. In contrast to lymphatic and haematogenous dissemination, pe...

Source: BMC Cancer - May 6, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: W. J. Koemans, R. T. van der Kaaij, H. Boot, T. Buffart, A. A. F. A. Veenhof, K. J. Hartemink, C. Grootscholten, P. Snaebjornsson, V. P. Retel, H. van Tinteren, S. Vanhoutvin, V. van der Noort, A. Houwink, C. Hahn, A. D. R. Huitema, M. Lahaye & hellip; Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research