Circulating heated chemotherapy in the abdomen after cancer surgery helps young mother fight appendix cancer.
Chemotherapy is a lifesaver in cancer treatment. But an IV isn't always the best way to deliver it.After Jennifir Brogdon gave birth to her son in 2018, something didn't feel right.Doctors told her she was just healing from her C-section.Last January, after pressing doctors, Jennifir was finally diagnosed with cancer of the appendix.
Because the cancer had spread along the lining of Jennifir's abdomen, Dr Greco said she'd be a candidate for HIPEC - or Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy."We will place some tubing into the abdomen that will deliver the chemotherapy through a heated circuit or pump," explains Dr. Greco.Dr Greco says the heat makes remaining tumor cells more sensitive to the drug yet doesn't harm other internal organs.
"I've had about three CAT scans since my surgery. And they've all been clear with no new progression," says Jennifir.But she knows it almost didn't happen, had she not kept pressing for answers.
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