• The First Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China;
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Objective  To summarize the research progress of CO2 pneumoperitoneum impacts on invasiveness of cancer cells.
Methods  Currently published experimental and clinical researches related to the effect of CO2 pneumoperitoneum on invasiveness of cancer cells were reviewed.
Results  CO2 pneumoperitoneum may affect the invasiveness of cancer cell through several ways, such as changing the structure and function of mesothelial cell, changing microenvironment of peritoneum, influencing the expression of oncogen, affecting the secretion of cell factor, and changing the adhesion of cancer cell.
Conclusions  The consequences of these alterations to cancer cell and the microenvironment are not well understood, but they may facilitate tumor invasion and implantation. Further investigations in this area are very urgent.

Citation: LU Qijun,WANG Chongshu,DU Jiang. Research Progress of CO2 Pneumoperitoneum Impacts on Invasiveness of Cancer Cells. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(12): 1362-1367. doi: Copy