Treatment
A treatment for some cancers that have spread in the abdomen: surgery removes visible tumors, then heated chemotherapy is circulated in the abdomen.
Also called: heated chemotherapy, cytoreductive surgery, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
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