Background . Ovarian cancer ranks 5th in the structure of female oncological mortality Russian Federation, with a first-year post-diagnosis rate almost 35%. In 75% cases, ovarian is diagnosed at stages III—IV. The disease usually represents as peritoneal carcinomatosis regarded an advanced form that demands attention, which renders issue highly relevant. We present literature review and analysi...

The majority of ovarian cancer patients present with advanced-stage disease, for which the goal of surgery is not only to document the extent of disease but also to perform surgical cytoreduction or tumor debulking. Cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer is generally performed at the time of diagnosis, when it is referred to as primary cytoreduction. It is also performed during primary chemot...

BACKGROUND Mucinous neoplasms of the urachus are rare malignancies so that the physicians' index of suspicion for a timely and accurate diagnosis is low. Also, this disease may present with a wide variety of symptoms and signs. METHODS Two patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei as the initial presentation of urachal mucinous adenocarcinoma were treated successfully. The medical literature regar...

Introduction Cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy improves the prognosis of selected patients, in particular those with appendiceal and colon carcinoma (1). At least one third of all patients is still alive after treatment. Main prognostic factors are completeness of cytoreduction and the tumor volume expressed by the Peritoneal Cancer Index (should be l...

INTRODUCTION Krukenberg tumour (KT), which represents carcinoma in the ovary, is an uncommon manifestation of metastatic colorectal cancer. It is associated with poor prognosis and a high incidence of peritoneal metastatic disease. PRESENTATION OF CASE The authors present a case of a 51-year-old female who had a symptomatic, metachronous right ovarian KT diagnosed 12 months after her initial ...

PURPOSE The combination of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been used as locoregional treatment in selected patients with peritoneal malignancy. The purpose of this study was to report on the outcomes of patients undergoing hepatobiliary and pancreatic procedures during CRS and HIPEC. METHODS A prospectively maintained database was used to ...