• Gavin
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Topic: First liver cancer 'chemo-bath' in the UK

First liver cancer 'chemo-bath' in the UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20270400

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Re: First liver cancer 'chemo-bath' in the UK

This is AWESOME! Could change the world of Chemotherapy and be a blessing for Cancer patients! WOW!

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Re: First liver cancer 'chemo-bath' in the UK

The article doesn't mention the name of technology, but it sounds very similar to the chemosaturation technology developed by Delcath Systems:

http://delcath.com/technology/chemosaturation/

I did a quick search but could not confirm if it's the same technology or not.

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Re: First liver cancer 'chemo-bath' in the UK

This is a Phase II ongoing trial, not recruiting:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00096083?order=3

and one of the trials completed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978383

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