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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Combination With Either Vorinostat or Placebo for First-Line Therapy of Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer The study included 523 patients from 23 centers in four French ...

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 ...

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Chemotherapy is a lifesaver in cancer treatment. But an IV isn't always the best way to deliver it. A different technique is helping make a difference for some abdominal ...

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, ...