Peritoneal carcinomatosis care at Mayo Clinic
Your Mayo Clinic care team
Mayo Clinic doctors work in multidisciplinary teams of specialists to provide comprehensive care for people with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Your care team might include:
Other healthcare professionals also play an important role in your care. These experts may include:
- Cancer education specialists.
- Nurses specially trained to work with people who have cancer.
- Dietitians.
- Social workers.
- Occupational therapists.
- Physical therapists.
Members of your care team spend time getting to know you, so they understand what's important to you. The result is a treatment plan that puts you at the center of the care you receive.
Your doctor at Mayo Clinic will work with you to review your treatment options and choose the treatment that best suits your needs and goals. The range of treatments offered to people with peritoneal carcinomatosis includes systemic chemotherapy, cytoreductive surgery, and specialized chemotherapy procedures, including hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy (PIPAC).
Mayo Clinic also offers palliative care services to help you manage the side effects of cancer treatment, as well as symptoms of cancer itself. Cancer survivorship clinics are available after cancer treatment ends. A cancer survivorship clinic may help you cope with the physical and emotional changes that sometimes happen after cancer treatment.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Mayo Clinic doctors and scientists have been at the forefront of cancer research for many years. They use knowledge and experience gained in research to improve care for people with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
Similarly, the oncology surgeons at Mayo Clinic draw on decades of cumulative experience treating cancer in a high-volume practice. They specialize in removal (resection) of complex tumors affecting multiple organs and structures in the abdomen and pelvis.
Mayo Clinic doctors have access to the latest treatment techniques, including:
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Innovative treatments for cancer metastases. Mayo Clinic offers the latest treatments for cancer that spreads to the abdominal cavity (peritoneum). These newer therapies can help people with cancer metastases live longer. Procedures include cytoreductive surgery, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy (PIPAC).
These highly specialized therapies require precise skill and experience that a high-volume center such as Mayo Clinic can offer. At Mayo Clinic, our cancer team has extensive training and a track record of success with each one.
- Minimally invasive surgery. During minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic surgery), several small incisions are made in the abdomen. Special tools and a camera are placed through the incisions. This allows the surgeon to remove the cancer without the need to make one large incision.
Expertise and rankings
Mayo Clinic doctors have the knowledge and resources to provide comprehensive care for those with peritoneal carcinomatosis. At Mayo Clinic, you can expect:
- Personalized care. At Mayo Clinic, gastroenterologists, colon and rectal surgeons, oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists work as a team to make sure all of your needs are addressed in your care plan. Other experts are included as needed.
- Experience you can trust. Mayo Clinic doctors are highly respected for their expertise in diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer. Mayo Clinic doctors care for more than 2,600 people with peritoneal carcinomatosis each year.
- Nationally recognized expertise. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center meets the strict standards for a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center. These standards recognize scientific excellence and a multispecialty approach focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Mayo Clinic has been recognized as a top cancer hospital by U.S. News & World Report since it began publishing rankings in 1990. Most recently, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, have been recognized among the top Cancer hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
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