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Interventional Radiological Procedures for Port-Catheter Implantation

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In the past the role of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy has not been widely accepted. At the present time it is used in very limited situations, because its efficacy has not been established by randomized trials comparing it with systemic chemotherapy. However, in these trials, only surgical procedures have been employed for port-catheter implantation. On the other hand, interventional radiological procedures for port-catheter implantation have been well established, and they allow minimally invasive and accurate hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. In this chapter, the concept and technical details of interventional radiological procedures for port-catheter implantation and the technical and therapeutic results in hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy are described. Additionally, new interventional radiological procedures and therapeutic results in the treatment of locally advanced breast cancer are also mentioned.

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Arai, Y. (2011). Interventional Radiological Procedures for Port-Catheter Implantation. In: Aigner, K., Stephens, F. (eds) Induction Chemotherapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18173-3_17

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