Challenges in setting up the first cyto-reductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) service in Malaysia.
CRS-HIPeC requires adequate clinical expertise, facilities and volume. Its labour and resourceintensive nature mean that centralization of services is necessary for sustainability. Further evaluation of its costbenefit in our setting will be required.
Authors
- April Camilla Roslani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-965X)
- R G Xavier
- Tak Loon Khong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9277-1459)
- Mohamed Rezal Abdul Aziz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2751-8662)
- Najib Aziz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8907-8730)
Institutions
- University of Malaya (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- Primary Topic
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00