Brain cancers are notoriously difficult to treat because most chemotherapy drugs can't breach the blood-brain barrier, a microscopic layer of cells that protect the brain from toxins. But researchers ...

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 ...

Some late-stage cancer patients at the end of their options are getting a second chance at life thanks to an unconventional procedure. The Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy procedure (HIPEC) ...

Most premenopausal women with early breast cancer accepted GnRHa therapy during chemotherapy to preserve ovarian function, ...

Patients’ perspectives and outcomes on an oral chemotherapy education and electronic monitoring program. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

Interventional radiology (IR) is a way to diagnose and treat cancer and other conditions without major surgery. With IR, your doctor looks inside your body with imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT ...

Among fit patients with acute myeloid leukemia, the combination of azacitidine plus Venclexta (venetoclax) was associated ...

HIPEC is a type of treatment for cancers that have spread within your abdomen. Doctors surgically remove the tumor and then pump heated chemotherapy drugs into your abdominal cavity. Hyperthermic ...

Chemotherapy (chemo) is a type of cancer treatment. It works by killing cancer cells or reducing their growth. There are many types of chemo drugs. Sometimes, more than one chemo drug is given to ...

UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - At 70 years old and after three stints with cancer and a recent medical procedure, a local kindergarten teacher is finding a way to start the school year off strong. “I ...

DETAILS ON THE HIPEC PROCEDURE. PAM PHILLIPS IS GRATEFUL FOR EVERY MINUTE IN 2020 FOR 11 NEWS FIRST CAUGHT UP WITH HER NINE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS A NEW CANCER SURVIVOR IN 2009, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ...