Conversion Surgery for Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Figure 2

A schematic diagram of the treatment protocol in the conversion group. PCI: peritoneal cancer index; SB-PCI: small bowel-peritoneal cancer index; CT: computed tomography; HIPEC: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; LHIPEC: laparoscopic HIPEC; NIPS: neoadjuvant intraperitoneal and systemic chemotherapy; CRS: cytoreductive surgery.