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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 1/2013

01-01-2013 | Colorectal Cancer

Definition of Patients Presenting a High Risk of Developing Peritoneal Carcinomatosis After Curative Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review

Authors: Charles Honoré, MD, Diane Goéré, MD, Amine Souadka, MD, Frédéric Dumont, MD, Dominique Elias, MD, PhD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Background

In colorectal cancer, complete cytoreductive surgery associated with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy achieves encouraging results in early peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), but this early detection can only be accurately accomplished during a systematic second-look surgery. This costly and invasive approach can only be proposed to selected patients. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors predictive of developing PC after curative surgery for colorectal cancer.

Methods

After a systematic review of the literature published between 1940 and 2011, all clinical studies reporting the incidence of PC after curative surgery for colorectal cancer were searched for factors associated with the primary tumor that were likely to influence the incidence of recurrent PC.

Results

Sixteen clinical studies were considered informative, all nonrandomized, three prospective and 13 retrospective, including 4–395 patients. Overall, the methodological quality of the reported studies was low. Data were available for the following factors: synchronous PC, synchronous ovarian metastases, perforated primary tumor, serosal and/or adjacent organ invasion, histological subtype, and positive peritoneal cytology with reported incidences of recurrent PC between 8 and 75 %. No study was found that mentioned an impact of lymph node invasion, tumor location, laparoscopy, occlusive tumors, or bleeding tumor on recurrent PC.

Conclusions

Evidence regarding the incidence of recurrent PC after curative surgery for colorectal cancer is poor. Emerging data indicate three situations that could result in a real higher risk of recurrent PC: synchronous PC, synchronous isolated ovarian metastases, and a perforated primary tumor.
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Metadata
Title
Definition of Patients Presenting a High Risk of Developing Peritoneal Carcinomatosis After Curative Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review
Authors
Charles Honoré, MD
Diane Goéré, MD
Amine Souadka, MD
Frédéric Dumont, MD
Dominique Elias, MD, PhD
Publication date
01-01-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-012-2473-5

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