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A study of the effect of intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia versus intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with malignant ascites /

Waleed Fouad Fathallah

A study of the effect of intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia versus intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with malignant ascites / دراسة تأثير الحقن البريتونى باستخدام العلاج الكيمائى المصاحب بالتسخين الحرارى ومقارنته بالحقن البريتونى بالعلاج الكيمائى فقط فى مرضى الاستسقاء السرطانى Waleed Fouad Fathallah ; Supervised Laila Ahmed Mohamed , Hosni Mohamed Salama , Farouk Ahmed Haggag - Cairo : Waleed Fouad Fathallah , 2005 - 244P : Facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Tropical Medicine

Malignant ascites is one of the most serious complications of many malignant tumours Many treatment modalities have been tried to eradicate cancer cells in ascitic fluid In this study we compared the effect of intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia versus intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with malignant ascites We compared their effects on ascitic fluid cytology , quality of life and disease progression We concluded that intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia can affect the viability of malignant cells in patients with malignant ascites with minimal adverse effects Moreover intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia exerts better effects than intraperitoneal chemotherapy alone We have also shown that quality of life in our patients has improved as patients experienced some relief of ascites related symptoms with regression of ascites



Hyperthermia Intraperitoneal