Hepatic arterial infusion
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Hepatic arterial infusion | |
---|---|
Term | Hepatic arterial infusion |
Short definition | hepatic arterial infusion (heh-PA-tik ar-TEER-ee-ul in-FYOO-zhun) A method of delivering chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are inserted into a groin artery that goes directly to the liver, and drugs are given through the catheters |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
hepatic arterial infusion - (pronounced) (heh-PA-tik ar-TEER-ee-ul in-FYOO-zhun) A method of delivering chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are inserted into a groin artery that goes directly to the liver, and drugs are given through the catheters
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Hepatic arterial infusion
- Wikipedia's article - Hepatic arterial infusion
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski