HIPEC: Treating metastatic cancers
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is heated chemotherapy that is administered after tumor-removing surgery to treat cancers that spread to the lining of the abdomen.
If you’re diagnosed with colorectal cancer, it’s important to understand your treatment options. Our specialists take a team approach while providing the information and compassionate care you need, from your first appointment through recovery.
We specialize in colorectal cancer treatment, with safe, effective techniques that avoid damage to healthy tissue and minimize side effects. We explain your treatment plan and answer your questions before we decide, together, on your care.
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We treat the most complex cases, with a range of advanced treatment options:
Surgery is the primary treatment for many colorectal cancers. We perform most colorectal surgery for cancer without the need for an ostomy, or surgically created opening for waste. If an ostomy is needed, we provide complete ostomy care. Since the rectum can’t be replaced, we try to preserve its function whenever possible.
Our colorectal surgical treatments include:
Our medical oncologists use chemotherapy to treat many rectal cancers. We also recommend chemotherapy for more advanced colon cancer, though you may not need it for cancer that has progressed but not yet metastasized (spread).
Some chemotherapy drugs are swallowed as a pill while others are injected, given through an intravenous (IV) drip or applied in topical form.
We also offer a highly specialized treatment called hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for stage four colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the abdominal lining. We remove the tumor, then apply heated chemotherapy directly to the area where it formed.
We offer external beam radiation therapy for colorectal cancer, which delivers radiation from a device outside the body. Radiation therapy is commonly combined with surgery for many rectal cancers and can provide an option for colorectal cancer that has spread.
Our radiation treatments include:
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is heated chemotherapy that is administered after tumor-removing surgery to treat cancers that spread to the lining of the abdomen.
Certain chemotherapies can cause inflammation or directly damage the nerves, causing neuropathy. Neuropathy, which causes pain, tingling, burning or numbness in the hands and feet can be especially difficult to deal with.
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