An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The corresponding study was published in The Lancet. The blood-brain barrier is a crucial part ...

Using inter-arterial chemotherapy compared to intravenous chemotherapy may significantly improve globe salvage rates in children with advanced unilateral retinoblastoma. Intra-arterial chemotherapy ...

Screening for Depressed Mood in Patients With Cancer Using the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory: Investigation of a Practical Approach for the Oncologist We conducted a retrospective review of the ...

Positive results have emerged from a trial testing PIPAC, a procedure used for appendiceal, ovarian, gastric and colon cancers that works by spraying chemotherapy directly onto tumors. Erena van der ...

When chemotherapy drugs accidentally leak into the tissues surrounding your veins or catheter, it’s called extravasation. While it doesn’t happen very often, it’s a serious complication. Chemotherapy ...

While many people are familiar with chemotherapy as a drug treatment for cancer, preventive chemotherapy is less widely understood. You may have heard the term come up in recent months with the ...

Holding her eight month old daughter Harlow in her arms, Ashley Conley says her baby girl is the reason she’s still alive. “I credit Harlow with saving my life,” Conley said. In February 2022, when ...

Platinum-based chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that involves drugs containing platinum ion compounds. Doctors commonly use these drugs to treat various types of slow-growing cancers. While ...