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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
