Surgical treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from well-differentiated digestive endocrine carcinomas

PC associated with EC is not a rare event; it is mainly caused by carcinoid tumors and is always associated with liver metastases. When present, PC is the direct cause of death in 40% of patients if no specific treatment is undertaken. Treatment of PC with maximal cytoreductive surgery and immediate intraperitoneal chemotherapy appears promising, even though it can only be considered as palliative.