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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You know, I really count my successes as ones where I can help that patient live a long, healthy life and keep coming to see me every three to six months. HIPEC is a essentially a treatment that we ...

Patients with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer did just as well with cytoreductive surgery alone as they did with surgery plus intraperitoneal chemotherapy, according to a randomized trial.

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 ...

Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to cytoreductive surgery significantly improved overall survival (OS) in women with platinum-sensitive, recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma, ...

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 ...

HIPEC addition to SCS did not improve progression-free survival in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer patients. Both SCS alone and SCS with HIPEC groups exhibited similar safety profiles, ...

A unique cancer treatment — known as HIPEC surgery — is going places that traditional chemotherapy treatments cannot — directly inside the abdomen to the tumor. This highly advanced, two-phase surgery ...

Tamron Little, diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma during pregnancy, underwent HIPEC surgery and has survived 18 years beyond her initial prognosis. She emphasizes the importance of mental health ...