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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2016

A retrospective analysis of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis.

Meiqin Yuan, Zeng Wang, Guinv Hu, Yunshan Yang, Wangxia Lv, Fangxiao Lu, Haijun Zhong

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Meiqin YuanDepartment of Chemotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China.
Zeng WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China.
Guinv HuDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Dongyang People's Hospital, Dongyang, Zhejiang 322100, P.R. China.
Yunshan YangDepartment of Chemotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China.
Wangxia LvDepartment of Chemotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China.
Fangxiao LuDepartment of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China.
Haijun ZhongDepartment of Chemotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China.

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Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is a poor prognostic factor in patients with gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with advanced gastric cancer with PM by retrospective analysis. A total of 54 gastric cancer patients with positive ascitic fluid cytology were included in this study: 23 patients were treated with systemic chemotherapy combined with HIPEC (HIPEC+ group) and 31 received systemic chemotherapy alone (HIPEC- group). The patients were divided into 4 categories according to the changes of ascites, namely disappear, decrease, stable and increase. The disappear + decrease rate in the HIPEC+ group was 82.60%, which was statistically significantly superior to that of the HIPEC- group (54.80%). The disappear + decrease + stable rate was 95.70% in the HIPEC+ group and 74.20% in the HIPEC- group, but the difference was not statistically significant. In 33 patients with complete survival data, including 12 from the HIPEC+ and 21 from the HIPEC- group, the median progression-free survival was 164 and 129 days, respectively, and the median overall survival (OS) was 494 and 223 days, respectively. In patients with ascites disappear/decrease/stable, the OS appeared to be better compared with that in patients with ascites increase, but the difference was not statistically significant. Further analysis revealed that patients with controlled disease (complete response + partial response + stable disease) may have a better OS compared with patients with progressive disease, with a statistically significant difference. The toxicities were well tolerated in both groups. Therefore, HIPEC was found to improve survival in advanced gastric cancer patients with PM, but the difference was not statistically significant, which may be attributed to the small number of cases. Further studies with larger samples are required to confirm our data.

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gastric cancerhyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapyperitoneal metastasis

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PMCPMC4950704

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