Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Perfusión aislada del pulmón
Isolated lung perfusion (I-soh-LAY-ted per-FYOO-zhun)
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.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.