Medical Breakthroughs From Penn Medicine

Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for Advanced Abdominal Cancers

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Synopsis

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Heated/Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) is one of the most innovative treatments available today for complex abdominal cancers. What is it? Who is a candidate? And, what are the expected outcomes for our patients? Host Dr. Lee Freedman welcomes Dr. Giorgos Karakousis, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to discuss HIPEC.