作者: Gautam Rao , Marta Crispens , Mace L. Rothenberg
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摘要: Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy has theoretical, pharmacologic, and clinical advantages over intravenous (IV) in women with optimally debulked epithelial ovarian cancer confined to the abdominal cavity. Consistent, statistically significant improvements both progression-free overall survival have been demonstrated three large phase III trials conducted United States during past 10 years. Nevertheless, concerns IP drug distribution systemic absorption, technical challenges of catheter placement incidence catheter-related complications, relevance these studies limited adoption therapy cancer. Current interest evaluation molecularly targeted therapies should build on progress that made through use