What is Lung Suffusion?
Todd Demmy, MD, clinical chair, Department of Thoracic Surgery, professor of oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, describes lung suffusion.
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Todd Demmy, MD, clinical chair, Department of Thoracic Surgery, professor of oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, describes lung suffusion. Read more aboutlung suffusion > >
- "Lung suffusion" was developed and coined by researchers at RPCI.
- This procedure involves making small incisions, stopping blood flow to one lung, draining blood from the lung, and filling it with chemotherapy.
- The idea behind this procedure is that a safe dose of chemotherapy can be amplified up to 20x and focused to the area of the tumor only.
- Lung suffusion is less risky and invasive compared to using a big incision and a heart-lung machine to circulate chemotherapy.
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