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Isolated lung perfusion

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004542

A surgical procedure during which the circulation of blood to the lungs is separated from the circulation of blood through the rest of the body, and a drug is delivered directly into the lung circulation. This allows a higher concentration of chemotherapy to reach tumors in the lungs.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004542
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004542",
  "term": "Isolated lung perfusion",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A surgical procedure during which the circulation of blood to the lungs is separated from the circulation of blood through the rest of the body, and a drug is delivered directly into the lung circulation. This allows a higher concentration of chemotherapy to reach tumors in the lungs.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/isolated-lung-perfusion/"
}

Record 9,621 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.