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Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

HIPEC

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the Baton Rouge region to perform hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to treat cancer of the abdomen.

Mohammad Al Efishat, MD, a surgical oncologist at Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute, explains what HIPEC therapy is and what it is used for.

Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

Learn more about the HIPEC procedure and how this game-changing technology can help cancer patients:

Information sourced from the American Cancer Society and Johns Hopkins Medicine.