Outcome of phase II study of intraoperative radiation therapy and external-beam radiation therapy plus gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer No significant financial ...

In this study, 124 patients with gastric cancer were enrolled. A laparotomy and preoperative peritoneal lavage were performed on all 124 patients who intended to undergo a gastrectomy in our ...

Phase IIb trial of fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and paclitaxel (POF) compared with fluorouracil, feucovorin, and irinotecan (IF) as first-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer (AGC) No ...

Forty patients were treated with the conventional Hartmann approach (resection plus a diverting colostomy) and 43 patients were managed by laparoscopy and peritoneal lavage. Patients in the lavage ...

In this study, patients were followed up for less than 5 years with the median follow-up at analysis being 32 months. Although 35% of cytology-negative PCR-positive patients developed no peritoneal ...

Over the years various therapeutic techniques for diverticulitis have been developed. Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage (LPL) appears to be a safe and useful treatment, and it could be an effective ...