New Advance for Ovarian Cancer

My grandmother died of ovarian cancer and there's some evidence of genetic susceptibility, so this is good news (although still totally short of a cure and I wonder if there's a decrease in mortality rate):

A rarely used treatment that pumps cancer drugs directly into the abdominal cavity can add 16 months or more to the lives of many women with advanced cases of ovarian cancer, doctors are reporting.

Medical practice should change immediately to reflect the findings from the study, being published today, as well as those from several earlier studies, cancer experts say.

In the United States there are more than 22,000 new cases each year, and 16,000 deaths. Currently, most women receive chemotherapy intravenously. They should still do so, but many should get the drugs abdominally as well.