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 ...

Sponsored FOY Cancer Patients Benefit from HIPEC Procedure For patients with complex cancer cases that spread in the abdominal or chest cavity, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is a leader in a ...

Amber and her family in the Volkswagen convertible she bought after learning she was cancer-free Amber used to live her life with anxiety and fear—always trying to stay within her comfort zone. She ...

Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to surgery did not improve progression-free survival in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. Among patients with platinum-sensitive peritoneal ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A very specialized procedure is targeting some rare cancers. It's called HIPEC and it's a very specific type of chemotherapy done in tandem with surgery. In early 2019, ...

BALTIMORE - For newlyweds Brittney and Ryan Little, their first anniversary gift is priceless. Brittney is still here. At just age 27, doctors diagnosed the chronic pain in her abdomen as PMP, an ...

Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with mitomycin C to surgery for locally advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) significantly reduced the risk of locoregional recurrence, the ...

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 ...