Simplifying Infusion Chemotherapy
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Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy
Hepatic artery chemotherapy was given to 36 patients, using totally implantable devices consisting of a port and external pump. Twenty-seven patients had inoperable liver metastases of colorectal origin. The infusion system was inserted by laparotomy into the hepatic artery via the gastroduodenal artery. There was no operative mortality. Thirteen infusion systems could not be used for chemother...
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A nswer: The rationale for CI chemotherapy is based on the physiology of the cell cycle and pharmacokinetics of chemotherapy agents. Because only a fraction of cancer cells are cycling actively at a given point in time, prolonged infusion of chemotherapy increases the amount of exposure of the cancer cells to the chemotherapy. Also, because many chemotherapy agents have short plasma half-lives,...
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Three patients with inoperable malignant hepatomas were treated by intra-arterial infusion of fluorouracil. In each case the treatment gave relief of symptoms: there was striking relief of pain in two cases.Preoperative angiography is essential, but the technical problems are relatively minor.The response of the tumours to chemotherapy is sufficiently encouraging to justify greater efforts for ...
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BACKGROUND Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) is frequently used to treat advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Asian countries. However, there is a lack of evidence supporting the use of HAIC. SUMMARY Many studies report high response rates in patients with advanced HCC receiving HAIC, and clinical responses translate to survival benefits. Therefore, prediction of an antitumo...
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The following is a reprint from Chapter 8 in Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice (Fourth Edition) by Martha Polovich, PhD, RN, AOCN®, MiKaela Olsen, MS, RN, AOCNS®, and Kristine B. LeFebvre, MSN, RN, AOCN® (Eds.).
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107688808100839