[Home treatment of cancer: experiences with ambulatory intra-arterial chemotherapy of liver metastases].
We have attempted to determine how far it would be feasible to administer intraarterial chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases on a domiciliary basis. Care of the patients was in the hands of a permanent team consisting of a doctor, a nurse and a psychologist. So far 43 patients have been treated this way. An increased complication rate has not been found during the 225 chemotherapy cycles carried out to date. The median survival of the patients was 14 months, with enhanced quality of life through chemotherapy performed at home.
Schlag
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Sektion Chirurgische Onkologie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg.
Feil
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Ruoff
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Hohenberger
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Hölting
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Buhl
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life
D005472:Fluorouracil
Onkologische Behandlung zu Hause: Erfahrungen mit einer ambulanten intraarteriellen Chemotherapie von Lebermetastasen.