What is PIPAC?
Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy, or PIPAC, is a new method of treatment technique that gives chemotherapy in the form of a pressurized aerosol, or spray, directly into the abdominal cavity.
PIPAC is the safest treatment, and most people handle it well. It has less side effects than regular chemotherapy.
Which cancers can be treated with PIPAC?
What are Benefits of PIPAC?
PIPAC has better tolerability due to short, minimally invasive process time.
Favorable pharmacokinetics are brought about by applying only 10-20% of the usual systemic dose.
Lower doses of chemotherapy are required to achieve efficacy, which results in a better toxicity profile in comparison to traditional chemotherapy administration.
Treatment is repeatable and delivered frequently and provides multiple opportunities.
PIPAC makes the treatment possible in patients with high disease, such as colorectal and gastric cancer when surgical debulking may not be feasible.