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 ...

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.

The Princess of Wales has told a cancer sufferer that she 'got so attached' to her chemotherapy port while undergoing treatment for the disease. Kate - who was visiting the Royal Marsden Hospital ...

The port attaches to a long thin tube which goes into a vein close to the heart or sometimes in the arm. How did Kate disguise her chemotherapy port? One of the main advantages of a portacath is ...

Elsewhere during her visit, Kate shared more details on her chemo, including that she had a port to administer the therapy. “I got so attached to it,” the Princess said of her port.