Implantable ports are devices that a doctor inserts under your skin and into a vein. They usually go in about an inch below your collarbone on your upper right chest. You might hear them called port-a ...

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 ...

How soon you can start chemotherapy after having your port placed can depend on certain factors, including the urgency in beginning treatment and your recovery following port insertion. You can ...

A venous access port placement procedure will allow for easier administration of chemotherapy and blood collection. Chemotherapy can be harsh on the veins of the arms and hands. It can be inconvenient ...

A port is a small disc placed under the skin to allow easy access to veins for medication and blood draws, reducing the need for frequent needle pricks. The insertion of a port is a quick procedure ...

Also called an implanted port, port-a-cath or medi-port, a chemo port has two parts: the port and the catheter. The port is a quarter-sized plastic or metal disc. (If you have the metal kind, don’t ...

Heterozygous Germline ATM Mutations Do Not Contribute to Radiation-Associated Malignancies After Hodgkin's Disease PURPOSE: To examine the safety, efficacy, costs, and impact on quality of life of ...