Treatment of Disseminated Carcinoid Tumors Including Hepatic-Artery Catheterization

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Abstract
HEPATIC-artery catheterization by way of the brachial artery for the treatment of malignant lesions in the liver has recently been revived and expanded.1 We have had the opportunity to utilize this method of therapy in a patient with carcinoid syndrome. This communication presents our experience and rationale for antitumor therapy of disseminated carcinoid tumor and also our experience and modifications in the technic of hepatic-artery catheterization of our first 17 patients.Catheterization TechnicThe left brachial artery is isolated approximately 3 to 4 cm. proximal to the antecubital fossa and distal to the profunda branch. After distal and proximal arterial . . .