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Angiology
Studies from Kyoto Prefectural University provide new data on angiology
March 17th, 2009
In this recent study, researchers in Kyoto, Japan conducted a study "To retrospectively investigate persistent hepatofugal, blood flow in the gastroduodenal. artery after implantation of a port-catheter system for repeated hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using a modified fixed catheter tip method. A port-catheter system was percutaneously implanted in 150 patients (90 men and 60 women; mean age 64.6 years) with unresectable liver cancer." "The persistence of blood flow beyond the end hole of the indwelling catheter via the port obtained immediately and 1-10 days after port-catheter placement was investigated using arteriography. In all cases, port-catheter...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-17)
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