Preface of the Special Issue: "Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM): The SICO (Italian Society of Surgical Oncology) PSM-Oncoteam Experience, Result Analysis, and Studies' Purpose"

Paolo Sammartino; Marco Vaira

doi:10.3390/cancers13246387

Preface of the Special Issue: "Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM): The SICO (Italian Society of Surgical Oncology) PSM-Oncoteam Experience, Result Analysis, and Studies' Purpose"

Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 20;13(24):6387. doi: 10.3390/cancers13246387.

Authors

Paolo Sammartino¹, Marco Vaira²

Affiliations

¹ Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC Unit, Pietro Valdoni Department of Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
² Surgical Oncology Unit, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo, Italy.

Abstract

Over the past 40 years, strategies to treat neoplastic spread into the peritoneal space have benefitted from a gradually evolving approach, thanks mainly to studies conducted by the charismatic leader in this medical field Professor Paul Sugarbaker, Washington DC [...].

Publication types

Editorial