Delivering Chemotherapy Directly to the Brain (VIDEO)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Columbia University researchers and neurosurgeons have created an implantable pump that safely and effectively delivers chemotherapy drugs directly to the brain of patients with brain cancer.

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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