Gastric cancer treated with pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy: revising an option for peritoneal carcinomatosis

Aim: Gastric cancer is the cancer with the highest rate of peritoneal metastization and this type of spread is associated with a higher death rate compared to distant organ metastasis. The systemic chemotherapy has a minimal effect in peritoneal metastasis so new types of treatment have emerged. The...

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Main Author: Macedo, Filipa (author)
Other Authors: Ladeira, Kátia (author), Longatto, Adhemar (author), Martins, Sandra (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/58183
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/58183