Heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy associated with longer survival in ovarian cancer

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Physicians at Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study and found that a highly specialized treatment—heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy delivered directly into the abdominal cavity, is associated with longer survival for women with metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer. 

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