Would you consider HIPEC in patients with advanced ovarian cancer undergoing primary cytoreductive surgery?
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Gynecologic Oncology · University of California, Los Angeles
HIPEC is hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy and is often administered as a onetime dose after cytoreductive surgery. HIPEC has been clinically used in malignancies that can impact the peritoneal surfaces. For the following two reasons I do not administer HIPEC during surgery for patients unde...