Chemotherapy of Metastatic Liver Cancer by Prolonged Hepatic-Artery Infusion

Abstract

No conventional form of therapy is of practical value in the management of patients with diffuse primary or secondary liver tumors. This is also true in most cases of cancer of the gallbladder or bile ducts. Approximately 20 to 30 per cent of patients with cancer of the colon or rectum die as a result of progressive liver metastasis although the primary lesion in the bowel has been or may be susceptible of control by surgical resection. Since these forms of cancer are often localized to the distribution of the hepatic artery it is important to evaluate the effects of . . .