TY - JOUR A2 - Bencini, Lapo AU - Turaga, Kiran K. AU - Gamblin, T. Clark AU - Pappas, Sam PY - 2012 DA - 2012/06/20 TI - Surgical Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Gastric Cancer SP - 405652 VL - 2012 AB - Peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer is considered a fatal disease with limited treatment options. Recent advances in the understanding of the disease process, systemic chemotherapy, and application of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic chemoperfusion have shown promising results in the management of this difficult disease. Novel therapies such as extensive intraperitoneal lavage and intraperitoneal targeted agents are being applied in the management of this disease. We review the current literature in this field and describe the rationale behind some of these advances. SN - 2090-1402 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/405652 DO - 10.1155/2012/405652 JF - International Journal of Surgical Oncology PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -