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The surgical implantation of a catheter, establishing a connection between a subcutaneous reservoir and a large vein or the hepatic artery, has become a routine modality for long-term chemotherapy in cancer patients. The development of programmable pumps linked to cassettes containing 50–100 ml of the drug has enabled patients to receive outpatient instead of inpatient treatment [1].
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Horisberger, B., Sagmeister, M., Schmid, L. (1991). Socioeconomic Aspects of an Implantable Drug Delivery Device. In: Senn, HJ., Glaus, A. (eds) Supportive Care in Cancer Patients II. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84138-5_26
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