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Episode 20: Performing life-saving cancer surgery
In this episode host Steve Bland gets an exclusive insight into a 12-hour operation which saved - and transformed - a cancer patient's life. Steve is joined by Anna Minicozzi, Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Dr Angela Wong, the Chief Medical Officer at the North East London Cancer Alliance to talk about Heated Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy - or HIPEC - and the case of Jean-Pierre Dupont.
At the age of 43, Jean-Pierre was initially given three weeks to live as his cancer had spread so much. However, after changing his chemotherapy treatment, he…
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