Intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a treatment for cancers in the abdomen or belly area. This treatment delivers anti-cancer drugs directly into the peritoneal cavity, the area in the belly that contains ...

Standard chemotherapy for newly diagnosed ovarian cancer is a platinum–taxane combination. The Gynecologic Oncology Group conducted a randomized, phase 3 trial that compared intravenous paclitaxel ...

In patients with tumors confined to the peritoneal cavity, there is established pharmacokinetic and tumor biology-related evidence that intraperitoneal drug administration is advantageous. Three large ...

Patients in El Paso with certain abdominal cancers now have access to a highly specialized treatment option closer to home ...

Adding intraperitoneal paclitaxel to intravenous paclitaxel plus oral S-1 improved overall survival in patients with gastric cancer and peritoneal metastasis, extending median survival to 19.4 months ...

In clinical practice, only a few risk factors remain that can be modified based on the decisions of patients and their physicians. The surgical decision making and chemotherapy administration choices, ...

Phase III Study of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Compared With Chemotherapy Alone in the Surgical Adjuvant Treatment of Colon Cancer: Results of Intergroup Protocol 0130 The study ...

THEO-260 is an oncolytic immunotherapy developed for effective targeting of cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts, whilst inducing ...

Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is a type of ovarian cancer treatment in which chemo drugs are directly pumped into your belly cavity (also called peritoneal cavity). When you get chemo this way, it ...

Your treatment depends on several factors. These include where the cancer is, and your general health. You might not start treatment straight away. Your doctor closely monitors your cancer in case you ...

After a baseball collision, a 51-year-old man presents with bradycardia that progresses to shock; imaging finds a large ...