Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) pump for liver mets

Posted by susan159 @susan159, Dec 13, 2022

Does anybody have any experience with the HAI pump for Colon Cancer that has spread to the liver? My Dr. is telling me that this is my best bet; because After 7 months of chemo I still have way too much cancer in my liver for surgery. So the pump is my only hope of ever shrinking the 10 fairly large tumors in my liver enough to ever have surgery. No one implants the pump locally so I'm going to have to travel and have my surgery across the country. I've been told I will need to be away for at least 2 months getting the surgery, recovering, and getting my pump dosage set up and working. I'm pretty stressed about it all. So if anybody has any positive experience with this pump I would love to hear it. I guess I should hear anything negative too. I have been searching the internet and what I see is pretty positive. But I'm a little suspicious that if this works so well, why is the procedure not more widely available?

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tinad | @tinad | Dec 16, 2022

In reply to @colleenyoung "Hi @susan159, I believe that @tinad was considering options for liver metastatsis, including hepatic artery infusion..." + (show)

Sorry but I did not have the mentioned procedure, I had a liver section and traditional chemo.

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Dec 16, 2022

Hi @susan159, I believe that @tinad was considering options for liver metastatsis, including hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) pump. She may have experiences to share.

Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Dec 16, 2022

Hello @susan159,

I can really understand you wanting to connect with others who have had this procedure. While we wait for others to respond to your question, I found some information about this chemotherapy pump on The Duke Health website. Here is the link,

https://www.dukehealth.org/blog/chemotherapy-pump-helps-people-metastatic-liver-cancer-live-longer In this article it mentions the promising results.

You mention that you will need to travel in order to have this procedure. Will you have a traveling companion to go with you? What are your main concerns right now?