Case Report

Urachal Carcinoma with Peritoneal Dissemination Treated with Chemotherapy and Surgical Resection Leading to Prolonged Survival with No Recurrence

Table 1

Previous reports of urachal adenocarcinoma with peritoneal dissemination treated with cytoreductive surgery.

AuthorAgeGenderpre-operative therapyHIPECpost-operative therapytime to recurrence
(months)
Post-recurrence therapytime to death
(months)

Krane LS et al. [3]unknownMunknownMitomycin Cunknown115-FU21
unknownMunknownMitomycin Cunknown31carbolpatin, FOLFORI87

Sugarbaker PH et al. [4]32FnoneEPICnone24surgery + HIPEC132
noneMitomycin CnoneNED at 20 months--

Martinez A et al. [5]32MnoneoxaliplatinnoneNED at 24 months--

Ozawa M et al. [6]48MnonenoneTS-1 + cisplatinNED at 10 months--

Yasui M et al.56MGC / FOLFIRInonenoneNED at 62months--

HIPEC, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; EPIC, early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy; GC, gemcitabine + cisplatin, FOLFIRI, -leucovorin + 5-flourouracil + irinotecan; NED, no evidence of disease
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