Unprecedented collaboration: Mercy oncologists save lives with HIPEC treatment for ovarian cancer

A groundbreaking partnership at Mercy Medical Center is giving hope to women battling ovarian cancer. Dr. Armando Sardi, a surgical oncologist at The Institute for Cancer Care, and Dr. Teresa Diaz-Montes, a gynecologic oncologist at The Gynecologic Oncology Center, have teamed up to use an innovative technique called hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or HIPEC, to treat advanced ovarian cancer. Their collaboration combines expertise from different surgical disciplines to address one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose and treat.