Edited by
Wim P. Ceelen

2007

Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) represents a fitting illustration of the complexities faced by modern medicine. On the one hand, recent data suggest that in a well selected group of patients with PC, extensive surgery with intraperitoneal (ip) chemotherapy can extend survival beyond five years, a figure rarely achieved even with modern palliative chemotherapy and attested by a growing number of expert centres offering this demanding therapy.