Selection and Characteristics of Patients with Peritoneal Dissemination from Appendiceal Cancer with Exceptional/Poor Survival After CRS/HIPEC.
Armando SardiMary Caitlin KingArmando SardiPanayotis LedakisMichelle SittigCarol NierodaRyan MacDonaldVadim GushchinPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2019)
Stratifying patients by recurrence status and follow-up time successfully selects ExR and PoR within each histopathologic subtype. Perioperative characteristics of ExR versus PoR differ across histopathologic subtypes, except for disease burden. Genetic analysis may further elucidate differences and aid in the development of novel targeted therapies.