PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Markman, Maurie
TI  - Regional delivery of anticancer drugs: Current applications
DP  - 2000 Aug 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 584--586
VI  - 67
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/8/584.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/8/584.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2000 Aug 01; 67
AB  - For cancers that remain confined to a specific region through most of their course, one treatment option is to deliver anticancer drugs directly to that region. Clinical experience shows that regional delivery can palliate symptoms, improve quality of life, and prolong survival. However, whether it increases the cure rate remains controversial, and it is costly because of the need to surgically implant infusion devices.