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 ...

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 ...

A chemo port is a small, implantable device that attaches to a vein. Doctors typically insert these devices beneath the skin in the chest. They reduce the need for doctors to keep finding a vein ...

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 ...

sharing a topless selfie of her various ports and insertion sites. Thurston went on to share an important message with her followers about her “mentality” going into her cancer treatment.

A chemotherapy port may be an option in this situation to make it easier to draw blood and get chemo drugs and IV fluids into your bloodstream. This article will go into more detail about what a ...

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 ...

The hardship of cancer often includes a chemotherapy port placed under the skin on the chest. “And if you are wearing a seat belt, the way that it’s placed, the seat belt is right on that port ...