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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a port put in for chemotherapy. I have a red scar on ...

I had a port put in for chemotherapy. I have a red scar on my chest and a smaller one near my collarbone. None of the nurses have seen one placed in the neck before. Was mine put in wrong, or is this ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a port put in for chemotherapy. I have a red scar on my chest and a smaller one near my collarbone. None of the nurses have seen one placed in the neck before. Was mine put in ...