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 ...
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 ...
Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to surgery did not improve progression-free survival in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. Among patients with platinum-sensitive peritoneal ...
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 ...
Median progression-free survival (PFS) improved from 23 months with surgery alone to 25 months with the addition of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), a nonsignificant difference. Post ...
Credit: Getty Images. Adding HIPEC to interval cytoreductive surgery improves long-term outcomes in stage III epithelial ovarian cancer, a phase 3 trial suggests. Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal ...
American Oncology Institute (AOI) at ASCOMS Jammu has achieved a significant breakthrough in complex cancer treatment by ...
Guideline-based treatment utilization, treatment time, and cost of chemotherapy for metastatic colon cancer patients treated in U.S. community oncology practices from 2005 to 2009. This is an ASCO ...
A technique that delivers high doses of heated chemotherapy directly to the abdominal cavity is a promising treatment for certain patients with Stage IV cancer. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal ...
Lewis Black was propped up on pillows in his room at Huntsman Cancer Institute, with his wife, Kara, and daughters, Miriam, 14, and Lily, 11, by his side. He was recovering from an 11-hour surgery to ...
They were given little hope of survival after being diagnosed with cancer, but now thanks to a little-known procedure they are continuing on with their lives. Kelly McCarley of Owings and Joe Finn of ...