First liver cancer 'chemo-bath' in the UK

[xchrom]

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

A "chemo-bath" which delivers toxic cancer drugs to just one organ in the body has been used on patients in the UK for the first time, say doctors.

Chemotherapy drugs kill rapidly growing cells such as cancers, but they also attack healthy parts of the body.

Doctors at Southampton General Hospital believe targeting just one organ can prevent side effects.

They also say it means they can give higher doses without causing damage to the patient.

[Chemisse]

1. What a great idea! I hope it turns out to be effective.

[Warpy]

2. Isolating the organ from the rest of the body is the new wrinkle

and would seem to be a huge improvement over the earlier chemo bath that flooded the entire abdominal cavity with a warmed chemotherapy solution.

People who had the old procedure done were sick. It was one of those things when I wondered if the cure was likely worse than the disease.