HIPEC and PIPAC are both innovative ways to treat cancers that have spread to the abdomen. While both deliver chemotherapy directly to the abdominal cavity, they are used in different situations ...

In this episode of Scrubcast, host Rachel Baker speaks with Dr. Byrne Lee, a clinical professor specializing in surgical oncology at Stanford University. Dr. Lee shares his personal connection to ...

Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy, or PIPAC, is a new treatment technique that gives chemotherapy in the form of a pressurized aerosol, or spray, directly into the abdominal cavity.

According to Benjamin J. Golas, MD, PIPAC could be used as a bridging therapy before surgical debulking or between subsequent large surgical operations. Benjamin J. Golas, chief of Surgical Oncology ...

Those being treated for peritoneal carcinomatosis may not have to experience the complication rates or prolonged recovery associated with surgical options. Patients undergoing treatment for peritoneal ...

DUARTE, Calif. -- City of Hope surgical researchers are the first in the nation to open a clinical trial that could one day become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients ...

Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy is a way to deliver chemotherapy to the abdominal lining. PIPAC is different from traditional chemo because it uses pressure and turns the medicine ...

City of Hope surgical researchers are the first in the nation to open a clinical trial that could one day become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients who currently ...

DETROIT — A 60-year-old man from the Cadillac area has become the first patient in Michigan to receive a state-of-the-art aerosolized cancer treatment, performed by Henry Ford Health surgical ...