Surgeries (Nov 2023)

Cytoreduction Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in Primary and Recurrent Ovarian Cancer: A Single-Center Cohort Study

  • Massimo Framarini,
  • Fabrizio D’Acapito,
  • Daniela Di Pietrantonio,
  • Francesca Tauceri,
  • Paolo Di Lorenzo,
  • Leonardo Solaini,
  • Giorgio Ercolani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries4040057
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 590 – 599

Abstract

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Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most frequent cause of death among women with gynecologic malignant tumors. Primary debulking surgery (PDS) with maximal surgical effort to reach completeness of cytoreduction, followed by chemotherapy, has become the standard of care; moreover, some experiences have shown that a comprehensive treatment approach of surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) could improve the prognosis of ovarian cancer. We carried out a retrospective analysis of all consecutive sixty-six patients diagnosed with primary advanced or recurrent ovarian cancer who underwent debulking surgery plus HIPEC in a single center between September 2005 and October 2020. For 33 patients with primary EOC, with a median follow-up period of 70 months, the median overall survival was 56 months (range: 48.1–96.9); and the median disease-free survival (DFS) was 13 months (range: 19.9–53.7). In the recurrent population, the median follow-up period was 78 months, the median overall survival (OS) was 82 months (range: 48.1–96.9), and the median DFS was 17 months (range: 19.7–53.0). In our study, we have found that CRS plus HIPEC is feasible, with very low rates of major complications and good results in terms of overall survival.

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