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- Title
Intraoperative Chemotherapie nach radikaler Pleurektomie oder extrapleuraler Pneumonektomie.
- Authors
Ried, M.; Hofmann, H.-S.
- Abstract
Trimodality treatment including induction and/or adjuvant chemotherapy, surgical resection and in some cases radiotherapy offers a curative intention in selected patients with pleural malignancies (malignant pleural mesothelioma, thymoma with pleural spread). Nevertheless, locoregional tumor recurrence mainly limits the outcome and the quality of life. A few years ago an additional intraoperative chemotherapy perfusion was developed in order to improve local tumor control and prognosis after surgical resection in a multimodality treatment setting. Cytoreductive surgery with the purpose of a macroscopic complete resection could be achieved by radical pleurectomy or extrapleural pneumonectomy. The concept, techniques and perioperative management of this additional treatment option are presented along with a detailed review of the recent literature.
- Subjects
CANCER chemotherapy; SURGICAL excision; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; PNEUMONECTOMY
- Publication
Der Chirurg, 2013, Vol 84, Issue 6, p492
- ISSN
0009-4722
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00104-012-2433-4