The chemotherapy is heated to cause blood vessels to expand and improve the medicines penetration and effectiveness. The patient's abdomen is treated with a heated chemotherapy bathe. How does HIPEC work? First, surgeons remove the patients' tumors immediately following surgery. UChicago Medicine is one of the only hospitals to offer the treatment for both children and adults. HIPEC helps with fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy, deeper penetration of the medicine, and greater effectiveness in killing cancer cells than conventional chemotherapy. HIPEC, hypothermic or heated intraperitoneal chemoperfusion, is an aggressive targeted surgical technique for patients with a variety of abdominal cancers. HIPEC means hope for patients with abdominal cancer.
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