SMH Cancer Team Offers Advanced Chemotherapy Procedure

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Many challenging cancers that originate or spread in the abdomen often require a multi-modality treatment approach that includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. But an advanced procedure that bathes cancer cells in a concentrated solution of heated chemotherapy before patients ever leave the operating room is delivering a powerful one-two punch to cancers that often don’t respond well to repeated rounds of chemotherapy or other treatments. Sarasota Memorial Hospital is the first medical center on the Suncoast and among a progressive group of leading cancer centers around the country providing Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC), adding this modality to the many considered by the multidisciplinary tumor board that proactively reviews every patient’s treatment to ensure superior collaboration and coordination of care. 

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