Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) provides an important treatment option that can improve survival for some patients with advanced peritoneal cancer. Managing this disease — and ...

Ovarian cancer often goes undetected until it spreads to other areas. In its late stages, it's harder to treat. Now there's an unconventional treatment being used to get rid of it. When her stomach ...

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 ...

Almost one-third of patients undergoing omentectomy for peritoneal metastases had occult omental metastases, supporting routine omentectomy prior to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic ...

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 ...

Validity of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Sexual Interest and Satisfaction Measures in Men Following Radical Prostatectomy Compared with CRSa, CRS-HIPEC improved ...

Tracy Gosson was shocked when she learned in 2019 that she had stage 4 ovarian cancer. With the cancer growing “at a lightning pace,” she underwent her first round of chemotherapy within three weeks ...

SEATTLE — Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion (HIPEC) is a complex treatment where chemotherapy is delivered into the abdomen through catheters after the extensive surgical removal of a tumor ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - When we think of cancer, we think of cancer tied to an organ like lung cancer. But abdominal cancer can include so much more than the organs inside the belly. The good news is ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new study of a cancer treatment called HIPEC, heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy, is showing good results when it comes to treating women with metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer.