HIPEC Surgery

An Innovation in Delivering High Dosage of Chemotherapy in Aggressive Abdominal Cancers.

Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy is a surgical procedure in which, after removing visible tumors through surgery (cytoreductive surgery), The surgeon pushes a dosage of heated chemotherapy inside a patient’s abdomen. This assists doctors in increasing the ability of chemotherapy to fight cancer by directly targeting cancerous cells.

Cytoreductive surgery helps reduce the size of a Tumor in the abdominal cavity or the number of Cancer Cells in the abdominal cavity during cancer treatment. Depending on the case, HIPEC is performed in combination with Cytoreductive surgery.

During the HIPEC procedure, this chemo dosage is given for about 90 minutes, and then the chemo is washed out. Thereafter, the surgical site is closed.

The procedure is specially performed for cancers that are in the early stages and have the potential for reoccurrence. HIPEC can be offered Laparoscopically using smaller incisions.

Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, or HIPEC, is a new technology for administering chemotherapy. It is mostly used for Ovarian and Gastric Cancers, as well as Colon Cancer, Abdominal, and Peritoneal Cancers.

Benefit of HIPEC procedures –

There are fewer side effects compared to chemotherapy as the chemo agents are circulated in the whole body as may be the case in traditional chemotherapy.

The chemo is given localized and more effective as it works under higher temperatures, which helps in better absorption of chemo drugs.

It has been proven to be far more effective in fighting and killing cancer cells in cancers of abdominal nature.

Cost of HIPEC Surgery in India

1. The cost of HIPEC Surgery in India may range between $5000 and $6500, depending upon the hospital chosen.
2. The cost of Cytoreductive surgery will come to $5500 and $7000 depending upon the hospital chosen.
3. If a patient needs a HIPEC procedure along with Cytoreductive Surgery, the cost may range between $9600 and $13500, depending on the hospital chosen.

Best Doctors to Administer HIPEC treatment in India

Given that the procedure is modern, younger doctors like Dr. Archit Pandit and Dr. Shubham Jain have proven to be early movers in this technology and have more cases credited to them.