(HIPEC) Targeted treatment for ovarian cancer to be studied at University Hospitals (this spring) | cleveland.com

"The studies, which physicians hope to begin this spring, have been designed for a very specific patient population -- no more than a couple dozen women with ovarian or endometrial cancer will be enrolled in each one....."

"Here are the Phase 1 trials:

• A study involving the use of heated chemotherapy for ovarian cancer that has spread to the chest. What the surgical team has dubbed HITEC (the "T" coming from the word intrathoracic) is performed after minimally invasive lung surgery. "To my knowledge, no one has treated ovarian cancer [that has spread to] the chest like this," DeBernardo said.

• A study for advanced ovarian-cancer patients whose cancer is in remission following surgery and chemotherapy. The patients will undergo HIPEC to prevent recurrence.

• A study for patients whose cancer recurs; HIPEC will be performed following surgery.

• A study for patients who undergo chemotherapy prior to (neoadjuvant) surgery and HIPEC during the surgery.