Resources for HIPEC Patients

• Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program Patient and Family Resource Guide
• Programa sobre malignidad de la superficie peritoneal Guía de recursos para pacientes y familiares

Travel Resources

• Nearby Lodging
• UC San Diego's Bannister Family House

Moores Cancer Center Support Resources

• Patient & Family Support Service
• Patient and family classes and support groups

Patient Ambassador Program

Our Patient Ambassador Program helps connect current patients with cancer survivors. Read past newsletters:

• Fall 2017
• Spring 2016
• Winter 2015
• Fall 2015
• Summer 2015
• Spring 2015

Other Support Resources

• PMP Research Foundation
• PMP PALS Network , a volunteer resource and referral service for patients,their family caregivers, and healthcare providers affected by peritoneal surface malignancies and all cancers of the digestive system
• Pseudomyxoma Survivor, a support network for those affected by PMP, appendix cancer and peritoneal surface malignancies

HIPEC and Our Doctors in the News

• Chemo Bath: Wiping Out Cancer Where Recurrence Used to Be a Probability (WNDU, June 2018)
• Chemo Bath Can Extend Life for Some Patients With Abdominal Cancer (QualityHealth, May 2014)
• Hot Chemo Baths Get a Fresh Look in Cancer Fight (CBS Evening News, December 2011)
• Heated, Harrowing Chemotherapy Bath May Be Only Hope for Some Cancer Patients (New York Times, August 2011)
• UCSD brings innovative chemo 'bath' to patients (North County Times, October 2007)
• Report Calls For Using Heated Chemotherapy After Colon Cancer Surgery To Optimize Patient Survival (Science Daily, November 2006)

Articles in Medical Journals and Publications

• Technology of intraperitoneal chemotherapy administration: a survey of techniques with a review of morbidity and mortality.; Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2003 Jul;12(3):849-63 
• More medical journal articles on HIPEC at PubMed.gov

Videos and Slideshows

• Dr. Andrew Lowy performs chemo-bath surgery (CBS Evening News)
• Slideshow: Images from HIPEC surgery with Dr. Andrew Lowy (New York Times, August 2011)