Current Practices in Hepatic Artery Infusion (HAI) Chemotherapy: An International Survey of the HAI Consortium Research Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasing number of hepatic artery infusion (HAI) programs have been established worldwide. Practice patterns for this complex therapy across these programs have not been reported. This survey aimed to identify current practice patterns in HAI therapy with the long-term goal of defining best practices and performing prospective studies.

Methods

Using SurveyMonkey^TM, a 28-question survey assessing current practices in HAI was developed by 12 HAI Consortium Research Network (HCRN) surgical oncologists. Content analysis was used to code textual responses, and the frequency of categories was calculated. Scores for rank-order questions were generated by calculating average ranking for each answer choice.

Results

Thirty-six (72%) HCRN members respo

SUBMITTER: Judge SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11108096 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature