HIPEC, or hyperthermic (heated) intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a treatment for some types of cancers that have spread to the lining of the abdominal cavity, such as cancers of the ovaries, appendix, ...

Just when Becky Kirby found love, she got the diagnosis. Kirby and her husband were returning from a one-year anniversary trip when she felt the pain in her abdomen that sent her to the emergency ...

Intraperitoneal (IP) perioperative chemotherapy with cisplatin is an interesting option in ovarian cancer treatment. A combination of cisplatin with IP epinephrine (already shown to improve IP and ...

Additionally, we are the only cancer center in Houston using hyperthermic (heated) intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to treat ovarian cancer, which has shown improvement in survival in select ...

A 47-year-old patient, diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix, has been successfully treated in a 10-hour cytoreductive surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy ...

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“Up until recently, delivering a uniform dose of chemotherapy in the abdomen has not been possible. At City of Hope, we have been evaluating the use of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized ...