Internet Sites

General information on cancers of the peritoneum and their treatment

• Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC – educational video about BC program, produced by the Vancouver Sun with Dr Yarrow McConnell (2014): http://www.cancersurgeryvancouver.ca/cancers-we-treat/peritoneal-cancer/multimedia/
• Dr. Paul Sugarbaker, Washington Cancer Institute, Washington Hospital Center: http://www.surgicaloncology.com/soatour.htm
• Ghent University Hospital Department of Surgery (2013): http://www.surgery.ugent.be/pages/hipec_eng.htm
• HIPEC for Peritoneal Cancer – Patient Information from Belgium: http://www.drmulier.com/3%20en%20pat%20info%20hipec.html
• HIPEC Patient Information Videos, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2010): http://www.hipectreatment.com/videos/upmc/intro.php
• Katz, M., & Barone, R. M. (2003). The rationale of perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the treatment of peritoneal surface malignancies. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, 12 (3), 673-688. doi:10.1016/S1055-3207(03)00034-6
• “Optimizing a treatment” – video of University of Calgary peritoneal cancer surgeons, Dr Walley Temple and Dr Lloyd Mack (2011): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2FJpxIZ5yo
• Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program, New York University, Patient Info: http://www.hipec.med.nyu.edu/patients
• Verwaal, V. J., Kusamura, S., Baratti, D., & Deraco, M. (2008). The eligibility for local-regional treatment of peritoneal surface malignancy. Journal of surgical oncology, 98 (4), 220-3. doi:10.1002/jso.21060

Information on specific types of peritoneal cancer

Mesothelioma

• HIPEC Treatment.com – video about peritoneal mesothelioma (2010): http://www.hipectreatment.com/videos/mesothelioma/thomas_miner.php
• Mesothelioma : National Organization for Rare Disorders (USA) (2014): http://www.rarediseases.org/rare-disease-information/rare-diseases/byID/1141/viewAbstract
• Yan, T. D., Deraco, M., Baratti, D., Kusamura, S., Elias, D., Glehen, O., Gilly, F. N., et al. (2009). Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma : multi-institutional experience. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 27 (36), 6237-42. doi:10.1200/JCO.2009.23.9640

Pseudomyxoma peritonei/Mucinous appendix cancer

• CancerHelp UK (2013): http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/pseudomyxoma-peritonei
• Pseudomyxoma peritonei : National Organization for Rare Disorders (USA) (2012): http://www.rarediseases.org/rare-disease-information/rare-diseases/byID/843/viewAbstract
• PMP Awareness Organization FAQ: http://www.pmpawareness.org/glossary.htm
• Wikipedia (2015): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomyxoma_peritonei
• Youssef, H., Newman, C., Chandrakumaran, K., Mohamed, F., Cecil, T. D., & Moran, B. J. (2011). Operative findings, early complications, and long-term survival in 456 patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei syndrome of appendiceal origin. Diseases of the colon and rectum, 54 (3), 293-9. doi:10.1007/DCR.0b013e318202f026

Colorectal cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis

• Chua, T. C., Morris, D. L., Saxena, A., Esquivel, J., Liauw, W., Doerfer, J., Germer, C.-T., et al. (2011). Influence of modern systemic therapies as adjunct to cytoreduction and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy for patients with colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis: a multicenter study. Annals of surgical oncology, 18 (6), 1560-7. doi:10.1245/s10434-010-1522-1
• Consensus statement on management of colorectal peritoneal malignancy (2006): http://www.hipectreatment.com/pdf/HIPEC_Consensus_Statement.pdf
• Elias, D., Benizri, E., Di Pietrantonio, D., Menegon, P., Malka, D., & Raynard, B. (2007). Comparison of two kinds of intraperitoneal chemotherapy following complete cytoreductive surgery of colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis. Annals of surgical oncology, 14(2), 509-14. doi:10.1245/s10434-006-9167-9
• Franko, J., Ibrahim, Z., Gusani, N. J., Holtzman, M. P., Bartlett, D. L., & Zeh, H. J. (2010). Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion versus systemic chemotherapy alone for colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis. Cancer, 116 (16), 3756-62. doi:10.1002/cncr.25116
• Hamilton, T., Lanuke, K., Mack, L. A., & Temple, W. J. (2011). Long-term follow-up in the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis. American journal of surgery, 201 (5), 650-4. Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.01.013
• HIPEC for colorectal cancer, Cancer Treatment Centers of America: http://www.cancercenter.com/colorectal-cancer/hipec/
• Lanuke, K., Mack, L. A., & Temple, W. J. (2009). Phase II study of regional treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis. American journal of surgery, 197 (5), 614-8; discussion 618. Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.12.026
• OncLive.com – Dr Edward Levine (2014): http://www.onclive.com/publications/oncology-live/2014/january-2014/cytoreductive-surgery-and-hipec-for-peritoneal-carcinomatosis/1
• Piché, N., Leblond, F. a, Sidéris, L., Pichette, V., Drolet, P., Fortier, L.-P., Mitchell, A., et al. (2011). Rationale for heating oxaliplatin for the intraperitoneal treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis: a study of the effect of heat on intraperitoneal oxaliplatin using a murine model. Annals of surgery, 254(1), 138-44. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182193143
• Verwaal, V. J., Ruth, S. V., Bree, E. D., Slooten, G. W. V., Tinteren, H. V., Boot, H., & Zoetmulder, F. A. N. (2003). Randomized Trial of Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy versus Systemic Chemotherapy and Palliative Surgery in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 21 (20), 3737-3743. doi:10.1200/JCO.2003.04.187

Miscellaneous

• Apis Teicher, Aiden Cumming-Teicher, 2012. Bellybuttonless. Children’s picture book explaining the treatment.