18. Pressurized IntraThoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy (PITAC)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Peritoneal carcinomatosis: a neglected disease 5
7. 3. Normal and diseased peritoneum 11
8. 4. Diagnosis and staging of peritoneal carcinomatosis 27
9. 5. Therapy of peritoneal carcinomatosis 35
10. 6. Assessing tumor response in peritoneal carcinomatosis 67
11. 7. Principle of therapeutic capnoperitoneum 73
12. 8. PIPAC Technology 83
13. 9. Preclinical experiments 91
14. 10. First PIPAC in-human application 115
15. 11. Renal and liver toxicities 127
16. 12. PIPAC in ovarian cancer 135
17. 13. PIPAC in gastric cancer 147
18. 14. PIPAC in colorectal cancer 161
19. 15. PIPAC in mesothelioma 171
20. 16. Quality of Life after PIPAC 175
21. 17. PIPAC and HIPEC 179
22. 18. Pressurized IntraThoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy (PITAC) 183
23. 19. Future applications of therapeutic capnoperitoneum 187
24. 20. Occupational health and safety aspects 195
25. 21. PIPAC: Risks and dangers 207
26. 22. Outlook 215
27. 23. How to start a PIPAC program at your own institution? 219
28. 24. Training and Standard Operating Procedures 223
29. Index 227