© 2000 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 22, 1852,
November 15, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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Regional Chemotherapy: Clinical Research and Practice
M. Markman, ed. Totowa (NJ): Humana Press, 1999. 376 pp., illus. $135. ISBN 0-89603-729-0
Correspondence to: William Ensminger, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School, UpJohn Center for Clinical Pharmacology, 1310 E. Catherine, 3709 UpJohn Center, Box 0504, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
There has been a significant expansion in the application of regional chemotherapy in the past 20 years, based on increased pharmacologic understanding; improved skills in interventional radiology; the development of reliable, implanted drug-delivery devices; improved monitoring (using computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclide scanning); and insufficient efficacy of systemic chemotherapy for cancer in several important body regions. Regional Chemotherapy: Clinical Research