Chapter 23: Administration of systemic anticancer therapies
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Intra‐arterial administration of cytotoxic drugs
Definition
Intra‐arterial administration is the delivery of a cytotoxic drug to the tumour site by catheterization of the artery providing the blood supply to the affected organ. This allows a high concentration of drug to be delivered (Weinstein and Hagle [265]).
