New liver cancer treatment ‘effective in 90% of patients’

Chemosaturation therapy is being pioneered at University Hospital Southampton to tackle liver cancer (Planets/PA)

A new treatment for liver cancer which isolates the organ and “bathes” it in chemotherapy has been found to be effective in almost 90% of patients.

The procedure being pioneered in the UK at University Hospital Southampton involves using two small balloons to divert blood past the liver for an hour while delivering drugs directly into the organ.