Publications by authors named "Zhong-He Ji"

Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been recommended by Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International (PSOGI) and several other academic organizations as the treatment of choice for selected patients with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis (GCPM). This review updates the recent progress in CRS+HIPEC for GCPM, with particular focus on the potential curing effects of this approach for subclinical GCPM patients.

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Introduction: The safety and efficacy of CRS + HIPEC combined with urinary tract resection and reconstruction are controversial. This study aims to summarize the clinicopathological features and to evaluate the safety and survival prognosis of CRS + HIPEC combined with urinary tract resection and reconstruction.

Methods: The patients who underwent urinary tract resection and reconstruction as part of CRS surgery were retrospectively selected from our disease-specific database for analysis.

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  • - The study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of hyperthermic intraoperative thoraco-abdominal chemotherapy (HITAC) versus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis who had diaphragm resection.
  • - A total of 102 patients were analyzed, revealing no significant differences in severe adverse events, pleural progression rates, or overall survival between the HITAC and HIPEC groups.
  • - Key findings indicate that older patients (60+) have a higher risk of pleural progression, and those with primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma or multiple serious adverse events face poorer survival outcomes.
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  • This study examines how standardized fluid management (SFM) affects heart function in patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) after surgery and chemotherapy.
  • After analyzing 104 patients, researchers found that those who received SFM had fewer issues with heart function and lower daily fluid volume after surgery compared to those who did not.
  • The findings suggest that implementing SFM can lower the risk of cardiovascular complications and enhance patient recovery following cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
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Background: To compare the efficacy of conventional debulking surgery and cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with the peritoneal metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOCPC).

Methods: In patients with ovarian cancer who underwent surgery-based multidisciplinary treatment at our center from May 2004 to November 2019, 186 EOCPC patients were divided into a control group (conventional debulking surgery, n=115) and a study group (CRS+HIPEC, n=71) and were matched for baseline characteristics by propensity score matching (PSM). The endpoints were median overall survival (mOS) and median progression-free survival (mPFS).

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Background: The mainstay of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer is debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy that includes carboplatin and paclitaxel, but the prognosis is poor. This study is aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS+HIPEC) as first-line surgical treatment in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (AOC).

Methods: FIGO stage III/IV AOC patients underwent CRS+HIPEC as first-line surgical treatment at our center from December 2007 to January 2020.

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Background And Purpose: Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a highly malignant sarcoma that occurs in the abdominopelvic cavities of adolescents. The accurate diagnosis of DSRCT is challenging owing to limited literatures. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with DSRCTs.

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Background: Breast cancer (BC) has the highest morbidity and the fifth-highest mortality rate among women in China. Peritoneal metastases from BC are rare, and presently, there are no guidelines or international consensus on its treatment. Patients with a prognosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) have poorer survival rates than patients with other regional metastases from BC.

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Peritoneal metastasis (PM) from gastric cancer (GC) has long been regarded as the terminal disease, lacking of effective treatments. In recent 40 years, cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy, including hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), neoadjuvant intraperitoneal and systemic chemotherapy (NIPS), and early post-operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (EPIC), has been recommended as a preferred treatment option for some selected patients with GCPM. Intraperitoneal free cancer cells were recognized as the pathological cause of PM and the primary target for intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

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  • - The study established patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models and primary cell lines from human surgical specimens of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) for research purposes, supporting both in vitro and in vivo investigations of the disease.
  • - Histopathological analysis demonstrated that the tumors were epithelioid mesothelioma, displaying invasion into multiple organs, with significant immunohistochemical markers identified (like Calretinin and Ki-67).
  • - Whole-exome sequencing revealed 21 shared mutant genes between the models and patients, highlighting key genes involved in tumorigenesis, thereby confirming the genomic relationship and identity of the established models.
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Objective: The role of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis (GCPM) is still controversial, mainly due to the limited survival benefit and uncertain patient selection. This study aims to construct a selecting strategy in GCPM for CRS + HIPEC.

Methods: From a prospective established database, 125 patients were enrolled.

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Rationale: Signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach is prone to relapse and metastasis after traditional surgical treatment, and the prognosis is also poor. We improved the concept of treatment and conducted cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) combined with intraperitoneal (IP) and intravenous (IV) chemotherapy for a gastric signet-cell carcinoma patient.

Patient Concerns: A 65-year-old male patient with complaint of intermittent hematemesis for over 10 days was referred to our hospital for treatment.

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Objective: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a standard treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) recommended by Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International (PSOGI). The study is to analyze the incidence of perioperative serious adverse events (SAEs) of CRS + HIPEC to treat PMP patients, and identify the risk factors, for guiding the prevention of SAEs.

Methods: This is a retrospective study on the PMP database established at our center.

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Background: This study was to assess the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) and to evaluate the safety and feasibility of physiotherapy program to prevent VTE during cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).

Methods: For VTE prevention, we developed a systematic physiotherapy program consisting of active exercises of both arms and legs, and intermittent pneumatic compression device to massage both legs. This physiotherapy was applied to all patients, and the VTE-related events were recorded and analyzed.

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Cancer has become the number one killer. The most difficult part of cancer treatment is the treatment of metastasis, particularly the peritoneal metastasis, generally referred to as peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). Internationally, the integrated treatment strategy of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been developed to be the standard treatment for PC.

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Rationale: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with peritoneal metastasis (PM) is rare. There has been no standard treatment for this severe disease, and the conventional palliative therapy could only reach an overall survival of 6 to 14 months PATIENT CONCERNS:: A 38-year-old male with a chief complain of "abdominal distension and diagnosis of HCCPM for 3 months", was suffering from severe diarrhea and moderate anemia.

Diagnosis: Diagnostic laparoscopic exploration with biopsy and the following pathology confirmed the diagnosis of HCC with PM.

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This retrospective comparative study aims to explore the time courses of serum myoglobin (Mb) changes, and summarize our experience in treating patients with hypermyoglobinemia after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).This study covered 60 patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis treated with CRS + HIPEC as the study group, and another 25 cancer patients treated with conventional extensive surgery without HIPEC as the control group from February to October 2016. In the study group, patients with postoperative hypermyoglobinemia were on a comprehensive treatment regimen consisting intravenous injection of sodium bicarbonate solution according to the Mb level.

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Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is one of the most common causes of death in gastric cancer patients. Intraperitoneal free cancer cells (IFCCs) play a very important role in forming PC, but the administration of intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) and/or hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) could be an effective treatment for IFCCs. This review focuses on the origin of IFCCs, the mechanism of PC formatting, the rationale of IPC/HIPEC, and the current clinical trials on IPC/HIPEC to treat advanced gastric cancer patients.

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Purpose: There is no standard treatment for peritoneal metastases (PM) from gastric cancer (GC). The aim of this review is to evaluate the clinical trials on cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for GC PM.

Materials And Methods: The published clinical trials on CRS + HIPEC for GC PM are critically evaluated, and survival and safety are the primary endpoints.

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Background: This work was to evaluate the perioperative safety and efficacy of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with lobaplatin and docetaxel in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from gastrointestinal and gynecological cancers.

Methods: Patients were treated by CRS + HIPEC with lobaplatin 50 mg/m(2) and docetaxel 60 mg/m(2) in 6000 mL of normal saline at 43 ± 0.5 °C for 60 min.

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Background: Despite the best standard treatment, optimal cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and platinum/taxane-based chemotherapy, prognosis of advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) remains poor. Recently, CRS plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been developed to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). This study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CRS+HIPEC to treat PC from advanced/recurrent EOC.

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Purpose Primary peritoneal serous carcinoma (PPSC) is a rare condition with a poor survival rate, even after treatment with debulking surgery followed by systemic chemotherapy. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for the treatment of PPSC. Patients and methods This retrospective study included 22 female patients with primary advanced PPSC (group A, n = 12) or recurrent PPSC (group B, n = 10) treated with 25 CRS + HIPEC procedures.

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