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 princip...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.展开更多
To the Editor:Cystic tumors of the pancreas are rare,accounting for 1%-5%of exocrine pancreatic tumors.Serous cystadenoma(SCA)was firstly described by Compagno and Oertel in 1978 as a benign glycogenrich neoplasm[1].I...To the Editor:Cystic tumors of the pancreas are rare,accounting for 1%-5%of exocrine pancreatic tumors.Serous cystadenoma(SCA)was firstly described by Compagno and Oertel in 1978 as a benign glycogenrich neoplasm[1].In 1996 Perez-Ordonez et al.[2]reported the first case of a solid variant of SCA;since then,23 cases of this extremely uncommon tumor variant were reported.展开更多
文摘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.
文摘To the Editor:Cystic tumors of the pancreas are rare,accounting for 1%-5%of exocrine pancreatic tumors.Serous cystadenoma(SCA)was firstly described by Compagno and Oertel in 1978 as a benign glycogenrich neoplasm[1].In 1996 Perez-Ordonez et al.[2]reported the first case of a solid variant of SCA;since then,23 cases of this extremely uncommon tumor variant were reported.
