A chemotherapy (chemo) port is a small device implanted just under the skin in the chest. It’s usually placed on the right side, near a major vein called the vena cava, and is used to administer ...

"I’m really excited,” said Isabella, 19, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2023 It’s the home stretch for Isabella Strahan as she gets her chemotherapy port removed after finishing ...

Care teams often implant a chemo port into patients with cancer to provide easy access for blood draws and to deliver treatments such as chemotherapy and antibiotics. Here, as part of its Heal at Home ...

Systemic chemotherapy is when chemotherapy drugs travel throughout your body. This type of chemotherapy can be given intravenously or orally. Chemotherapy, or “chemo,” is a type of cancer treatment ...

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I'm glad I got it. I had to decide at the start whether I wanted my 2-3 hour infusions to be by an IV in the hand/wrist region, or whether to get a "port-catheter" surgically insplanted in my chest.

A chemo port is a small, implantable device that attaches to a vein. Doctors typically insert these devices beneath the skin in the chest. They reduce the need for doctors to keep finding a vein to ...

Intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a treatment for cancers in the abdomen or belly area. This treatment delivers anti-cancer drugs directly into the peritoneal cavity, the area in the belly that contains ...

JANUARY 1 — I am writing this column one-handed due to an IV port, from a hospital bed as I begin my first chemotherapy treatment. It’s been a whirlwind of diagnoses, tests, reports and ...