| CC | completeness of cytoreduction score |
| CRS | cytoreductive surgery |
| CTCAE | Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events |
| ESMO | European Society for Medical Oncology |
| FA | folinic acid |
| FLOT | 5-FU/leucovorin/oxaliplatin/docetaxel |
| 5-FU | 5- fluorouracil |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HIPEC | hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy |
| IPC | intraperitoneal chemotherapy |
| IPTW | inverse probability of treatment weighting |
| LAD | lymphadenectomy |
| MFS | metastasis-free survival |
| MMC | mitomycin C |
| MSI | microsatellite instability |
| NCCN | National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NIPS | neoadjuvant intraperitoneal systemic chemotherapy |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| NRCT | non-randomized controlled trial |
| OS | overall survival |
| PCI | Peritoneal Cancer Index |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| PIPAC | pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy |
| pmGC | peritoneal metastatic gastric cancer |
| PR | partial response |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| TR | total response |