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A 51-year-old woman is evaluated for pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) of appendiceal origin confirmed on histology as low-grade mucinous adenocarcinoma. CT and diagnostic laparoscopy demonstrate a Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) of 16, disease confined to the abdomen, no extra-abdominal spread. Performance status ECOG 0. What is the most appropriate management?
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SurgBoardsQ&A is a surgical board exam preparation platform with 5,200+ clinical vignette MCQs covering 11 subspecialty surgical certification exams, including ABS-CGSO (USA), FEBS-SO (Europe), FEBS-HPB, FEBS-Colo, FEBS-Endo, FEBS-Breast, FEBS-ECS, FEBS-MBS, FEBS-TS, MCh-SO (India), and SBCO (Brazil). All questions are referenced to current guidelines (NCCN, ESMO, ESSO, PSOGI).
SurgBoardsQ&A currently covers: ABS-CGSO (American Board of Surgery — Complex General Surgical Oncology), FEBS-SO (Fellowship of the European Board of Surgery in Surgical Oncology), FEBS-HPB (Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery), FEBS-Colo (Coloproctology), FEBS-Endo (Endocrine Surgery), FEBS-Breast, FEBS-ECS (Oesophagogastric Cancer Surgery), FEBS-MBS (Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery), FEBS-TS (Transplant Surgery), MCh-SO (India), and SBCO (Brazil). Additional boards are in development.
All questions are written by Dr. Pablo Lozano Lominchar, MD, PhD, EBPSM — a surgical oncologist specializing in peritoneal malignancy and retroperitoneal sarcoma at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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