"This collaborative work is the result of a gathering of some of the leaders in the field of intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis at an international symposium held at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in May 2005. All the speakers at that symposium have contributed chapters to this work"-- P. v.
Contents
Management of ovarian cancer : the theory -- Management of ovarian cancer : clinical trials-- A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials -- Immunobiology and intraperitoneal immunobiologics in ovarian cancer -- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy : technique and complications -- Hyperthermia and chemotherapy : the science -- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in nongynecologic cancers -- Peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin -- Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer : experience in France -- Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer : world experience -- Techniques of delivering hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy -- Future directions in the delivery of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.