Intrathecal Chemotherapy: For patients at Alvord Brain Tumor Center - 07/2022
Intrathecal Chemotherapy: For patients at Alvord Brain Tumor Center
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Abstract
This handout explains intrathecal chemotherapy (IT chemo), a treatment that injects anti-cancer drugs into the area around your spinal cord. The handout describes the 2 ways that IT chemo is given: through a device called an Ommaya reservoir or by lumbar puncture.
Publisher
University of Washington Medical Center
Date Published (original date)
2020
Revision Date
07/2022
General Subject
Cancer
Surgery
Specific Subject/Keyword
Chemotherapy
Languages
English
Russian
Record ID
4878