HIPEC surgery is a promising treatment option for patients with certain abdominal cancers. Surgical oncologist Erin Ward, MD, discusses which patients would be best candidates for HIPEC, explains why ...

DETAILS ON THE HIPEC PROCEDURE. PAM PHILLIPS IS GRATEFUL FOR EVERY MINUTE IN 2020 FOR 11 NEWS FIRST CAUGHT UP WITH HER NINE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS A NEW CANCER SURVIVOR IN 2009, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ...

Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is a type of ovarian cancer treatment in which chemo drugs are directly pumped into your belly cavity (also called peritoneal cavity). When you get chemo this way, it ...

FOX CHASE (WPVI) -- HIPEC is an often overlooked form of chemotherapy, with a long track record. It's improving survival rates in some abdominal cancers, however, some patients and doctors may not ...

In over 400 women at first epithelial ovarian cancer recurrence, those who received HIPEC had a median OS of 54.3 months compared with 45.8 months for those who did not (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.56-0.96, P=0 ...

It’s a fairly universal experience to feel stuffed to the brim after Thanksgiving dinner. So Angie Ballou wasn’t overly concerned when her stomach started hurting, or even when she threw up after her ...

Cytoreductive surgery removes tumors that have spread throughout your abdominal cavity. It’s often combined with another procedure called hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. You may need ...

Onvansertib in Combination With Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab in Second-Line Treatment of KRAS-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Single-Arm, Phase II Trial This was a multicenter randomized phase ...

I CAN RUN UPSTAIRS. I CAN WALK MILES AND I’M ALWAYS GOING. I’M MY DAUGHTER IN LAW CALLS ME THE BIRD. BUT THEN KATHY GOT THE DIAGNOSIS. OVARIAN CANCER, STAGE THREE OUT OF FOUR. THAT WAS NINE MONTHS AGO ...

HIPEC is a type of treatment for cancers that have spread within your abdomen. Doctors surgically remove the tumor and then pump heated chemotherapy drugs into your abdominal cavity. Hyperthermic ...