Appendix Cancer Overview
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MD Anderson
John Shen is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Shen and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Appendix Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Appendix Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Lynch Syndrome, and Familial Colorectal Cancer.
St Paul Place Specialists Inc
Panayotis Ledakis is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ledakis and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Appendix Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Appendix Cancer, Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Anemia, Colorectal Cancer, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Ledakis is currently accepting new patients.
MD Anderson
Kanwal Raghav is an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Raghav and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Appendix Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Appendix Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, and Splenectomy.
Summary: This is a multicenter, open-label, Phase 1 study of orally administered VMD-928 in adult subjects with advanced solid tumors or lymphoma that have progressed or are non responsive to available therapies and for which no standard or available curative therapy exists
Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) removes tumors in the abdomen. HIPEC is heated chemotherapy that washes the abdomen. CRS and HIPEC may help people with peritoneal carcinomatosis. These are tumors that have spread to the lining of the abdomen from other cancers. Researchers think they can improve results of CRS and HIPEC by choosing the chemotherapy drugs used in HIPEC.