Frontiers of Care: A Unique Cancer Treatment

André Parisien was enjoying retirement when he received a sudden diagnosis of cancer. It was spreading through his abdominal cavity. After surgery failed to get rid of it, he learned he still had a chance of survival through a special treatment called HIPEC. The challenge was this treatment involves pumping a hot chemotherapy drug through your body.

Guests:

André Parisien is a retired phys Ed and English teacher, living in Wendover, Ontario. His students know him as “Mr. P.”

Dr. Andrea McCart is a surgical oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre where she started the Peritoneal Malignancy Program in 2011. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and a clinician-scientist at the Sinai Health’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute.