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  2. Hepatic arterial infusion - Wikipedia

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    Hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) is a medical procedure that delivers chemotherapy directly to the liver.The procedure, mostly used in combination with systemic chemotherapy, plays a role in the treatment of liver metastases in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). [1]

  3. Percutaneous hepatic perfusion - Wikipedia

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    Using a system of catheters and filters, PHP isolates the liver from the circulatory system and infuses a chemotherapeutic agent directly to the liver via the hepatic artery. The venous effluent from the liver is then filtered outside of the body and the filtered blood is returned into the jugular vein.

  4. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization - Wikipedia

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    TACE of liver tumors derives its beneficial effect by two primary mechanisms. [3] Most tumors within the liver are supplied by the proper hepatic artery, so arterial embolization preferentially interrupts the tumor's blood supply and stalls growth until neovascularization. Secondly, focused administration of chemotherapy allows for delivery of ...

  5. Hepatic artery embolization - Wikipedia

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    Compared with systemic chemotherapy, a higher proportion of the chemotherapy agents is (in theory) delivered to the lesions in the liver. [14] [15] Hepatic artery chemoembolization (HACE), sometimes called transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), combines hepatic artery embolization with hepatic artery chemo infusion. In one method, embospheres ...

  6. Vascular access for chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, vascular access is a means of accessing the bloodstream through the peripheral or central blood vessels in order to obtain blood or deliver medications including chemotherapy. A vascular access procedure involves insertion of a sterile plastic tube called a catheter into a blood vessel. Types of catheters can be either peripherally ...

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    Your liver works around the clock to detoxify and protect the body from harmful substances. Here are 7 foods that help promote the health of your liver.

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