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Henk Boot

Researcher at Netherlands Cancer Institute

Publications -  145
Citations -  10029

Henk Boot is an academic researcher from Netherlands Cancer Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 145 publications receiving 8797 citations. Previous affiliations of Henk Boot include Utrecht University & Erasmus University Medical Center.

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Randomized Trial of Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Versus Systemic Chemotherapy and Palliative Surgery in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer

TL;DR: Cytoreduction followed by HIPEC improves survival in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin, however, patients with involvement of six or more regions of the abdominal cavity, or grossly incomplete cytoreduction, had still a grave prognosis.
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8-Year Follow-up of Randomized Trial: Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Versus Systemic Chemotherapy in Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer

TL;DR: It is shown that cytoreduction followed by HIPEC does significantly add survival time to patients affected by peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin and for a selected group, there is a possibility of long-term survival.