Perfusion
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| Perfusion | |
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| Term | Perfusion |
| Short definition | perfusion - (pronounced) (per-FYOO-zhun) Bathing an organ or tissue with a liquid. In regional perfusion, a specific area of the body (usually an arm or leg) receives high doses of cancer drugs through a blood vessel. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
perfusion - (pronounced) (per-FYOO-zhun) Bathing an organ or tissue with a liquid. In regional perfusion, a specific area of the body (usually an arm or leg) receives high doses of cancer drugs through a blood vessel. Such a procedure is performed to treat cancer that has not spread
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