Appendix Cancer Overview
Learn About Appendix Cancer
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North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice Inc
Vincent Vinciguerra is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Vinciguerra and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Appendix Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, and Colorectal Cancer.
New York University
Anna Kurzyna-Solinas is an Oncologist and a Hematologist Oncology provider in Mineola, New York. Dr. Kurzyna-Solinas and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Appendix Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Hemolytic Crisis, Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Anemia, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice Inc
Marisa Siebel is an Oncologist and a Hematologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Siebel and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Appendix Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, and Lynch Syndrome.
Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) removes tumors in the abdomen. HIPEC is heated chemotherapy that washes the abdomen. CRS and HIPEC may help people with peritoneal carcinomatosis. These are tumors that have spread to the lining of the abdomen from other cancers. Researchers think they can improve results of CRS and HIPEC by choosing the chemotherapy drugs used in HIPEC.
Summary: This is an open-label, Phase 1/2 study to determine the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of APL-5125 for the treatment of selected locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors with particular focus on Colorectal carcinoma (CRC).