Review Article


Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapic perfusion in colorectal cancer

Pedro Bretcha-Boix, Jose Farre-Alegre

Abstract

The term peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) includes all tumoral dissemination, either local or massive, to the peritoneal serosa and neighbouring anatomical structures. The term PC was first used by Simpson in 1931 to describe the peritoneal dissemination of an advanced ovaric cancer (1).