Annals of surgical oncology
The Role of HIPEC in Isolated Cytology-Positive Gastric Cancer: Nodal Metastasis Dominates Prognosis, HIPEC Remains Unproven.
Kunal Nandy, Amir Parray, Akshay Dhaiya, Amit Chopde, Vishnu Menon, Vikas Ostwal, Anant Ramaswamy, Prabhat Bhargav, Manish S Bhandare, Shailesh V Shrikhande, Vikram A Chaudhari
Published: 202510.1245/s10434-025-18743-2
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The therapeutic role of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in isolated cytology-positive (Cy+) gastric cancer without peritoneal metastases (Peritoneal Cancer Index score 0) remains investigational. This study evaluated sur…
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