Uptake of 5-fluorouracil during isolated perfusion of the canine liver

✍ Scribed by Richard T. Stone; Adel Jabour; Samuel E. Wilson; Dr. Decio M. Rangel

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 362 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930130411

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study describes a technique of hepatic isolated perfusion in dogs. The uptake of 14 C‐Iabeled 5 fluorouracil (5‐FU) by the normal canine liver was fourfold greater when isolated perfusion was used than when peripheral intravenous administration or hepatic artery infusion were applied. Systemic leakage of 5‐FU was small during, and even following, hepatic isolated perfusion. This technique, which maximizes chemotherapy delivery to the liver while minimizing systemic toxicity, may be useful in the treatment of primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies.