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MeSH Heading: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Tree Number(s): E02.186.170.500; E02.319.170.500; E02.565.370
Unique ID: D000084262
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000084262
Scope Note: A cancer treatment that involves filling the abdominal cavity with heated chemotherapy drugs. It is performed after the surgeon removes tumors or lesions from the abdominal area, to kill any cancer cells that remain after surgery and reduce the risk for cancer recurrence. (From: https://www.mdanderson.org/treatment-options/hyperthermic-intraperitoneal-chemotherapy.html; Feb, 20, 2020).
Entry Term(s): HIPEC; Hot Chemotherapy; Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy
NLM Classification #: QZ 270
Previous Indexing: Hyperthermia, Induced (1996-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021; see HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED 2018-2020
History Note: 2021
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M000628217
Scope Note: A cancer treatment that involves filling the abdominal cavity with heated chemotherapy drugs. It is performed after the surgeon removes tumors or lesions from the abdominal area, to kill any cancer cells that remain after surgery and reduce the risk for cancer recurrence. (From: https://www.mdanderson.org/treatment-options/hyperthermic-intraperitoneal-chemotherapy.html; Feb, 20, 2020).
Terms: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Preferred Term
Term UI T000919105
Date03/14/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy
Term UI T001008959
Date02/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); HIPEC
Term UI T001008176
Date02/20/2020
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Hot Chemotherapy
Term UI T001008177
Date02/20/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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