'Landmark' liver cancer treatment found to boost survival rate in nearly 90% of patients

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The procedure being pioneered in the UK involves using two small balloons to divert blood past the liver for an hour while delivering drugs directly into the organ - with the average length of survival among those studied found to be 15 months.

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The procedure being pioneered in the UK at University Hospital Southampton involves using two small balloons to divert blood past the liver for an hour while delivering drugs directly into the organ. Once the drug has been delivered, blood from the liver is drained from the patient and processed through a filtration machine to reduce toxicity before being returned to the patient via the jugular vein.

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Very good news.

Incredible

tggleeson Another major advance in cancer treatment.

I think that's amazing. I have a neighbour currently undergoing chemo for same thing. Really having a hard time, and not sure that it's likely to be successful 😕

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