BACKGROUND:
gastric cancer, Peritoneal carcinomatosis
GASTRIC CANCER, DISEASE, PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS
Peritoneal carcinomatosis in gastric cancer is considered a fatal disease, without expectation of definitive cure. As systemic chemotherapy is not sufficient to contain the disease, a multimodal approach associating intraperitoneal chemotherapy with surgery may represent an alternative for these cases.