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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Query on treatment of Hypernephroma and other visceral carcinoma.
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 09:32:56 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 09:32:56 1985
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> We read almost daily of the great advances being made in treatment of
> leukemia, other sarcoma, hormone-dependent carcinoma, etc, but what of
> the hard-to-treat carcinoma of the viscera, such as the kidneys, colon,
> liver, etc?  These carcinoma appear uniformly radiation-resistant, rather
> impervious to chemotherapy, and all too metastatic.  
> 
	A method for successful treatment of liver cancer was recently
announced here at Hopkins. I believe it involves injections of drugs
directly into the organ, which shrink it enough that it become operable
or goes away altogether. Not all liver cancer patients are good candidates
for this, but it does seem to be a major breakthrough for what was a
previously lost cause.

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jcpatilla

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