Bathing the abdomen in heated chemotherapy as part of surgery improves survival. Most people think of the lungs when they think of mesothelioma, a cancer caused definitively by exposure to asbestos fibers that oncologists typically treat with systemic chemotherapy....
Benefit From CS/HIPEC in Advanced Abdominal Cancers
Laurie Barclay, MD Cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CS/HIPEC) appears to be safe and effective for select patients with advanced abdominal cancers, according to a retrospective analysis published in the June issue of Cancer...
Heated Chemotherapy After Surgery Greatly Extends Lives
Heated Chemotherapy After Surgery Greatly Extends Lives of Patients with Some Advanced Colorectal Cancers The past several years of cancer research have been both exciting and promising. Recent developments have allowed us to take steps in improving many cancer...