Ive heard there are a lot of complications associated with the cytoreduction surgery and peritoneal chemotherapy. Is this true?
• The cytoreduction surgery and peritoneal chemotherapy may in many cases be the only treatment that can offer hope of long-term survival in cases of appendiceal cancer that have spread into the abdomen, but the treatment is associated with a high complication rate. More about the complications associated with this treatment can be found at Complications of Cytoreduction Surgery and HIPEC . 8. Does everyone with appendix cancer need cytoreduction surgery and peritoneal chemotherapy? Only a specialist can determine which patients are the best candidates for this treatment, but it is often indicated when the appendix cancer has spread beyond the appendix to the surfaces inside of the abdomen. This spread of cancer is called a peritoneal surface malignancy. More information about this can be found at Peritoneal Surface Malignancy and at Peritoneal Carcinomatosis . The seriousness of this type of cancer can also be determined using staging methods as outlined in Staging of Peritoneal Cance
