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ISSPP launches the new international PIPAC registry

Jun 15, 2020

ISSPP is proud to announce the launch of the new International Pressurized Intra. Peritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy registry, which is accessible to all members of the society. Anonymized data from patients from all over the world will be entered into the database,...

Covid-19 pandemia: ISSPP recommendation for the therapy of patients with peritoneal and pleural metastasis

Mar 20, 2020

ISSPP members are currently faced in their daily practice with an increasing lack of resources for treating patients with peritoneal and pleural metastasis. This concerns in particular limited access to intensive postoperative care, but also lacking operating room...

Preannouncement: 2nd ISSPP congress to be held in Rome, Italy, from Oct 7 to 8th, 2021.

Mar 3, 2020

The second Congress of the International Society for the Study of Pleura and Peritoneum will be organized by Prof. Giuseppe Scambia, Chairman of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Prof. Fabio Pacelli, Director of Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum Surgery at...

First PIPAC in the United States of America, Mayo Clinic

Feb 17, 2020

Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a promising and innovative method for treating peritoneal metastasis. The team of Dr. Amit Merchea, MD, FACS, has performed the first PIPAC in the USA on Dec 4th, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL. Mayo...

Peritoneum Prize 2019 awarded to Willemien J van Driel, MD PhD

Dec 1, 2019

The ISSPP Peritoneum Prize 2019 was awarded to Dr. Willemien J van Driel, MD PhD, for her seminal contribution to the therapy of peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer. As the Principal Investigator of a multidisciplinary team of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, she...