Validation and Clinical Use of the Japanese Classification of Colorectal Carcinomatosis: Benefit of Surgical Cytoreduction Even without Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

Abstract

Being female with left colon cancer complicated with P1 or P2 peritoneal metastasis is a good indicator for macroscopic radical resection if liver metastasis is absent. The present classification helped to determine surgical indication for patients with colorectal cancer complicated with synchronous peritoneal metastasis in routine clinical practice.