Burjeel Cancer Institute

Marking a new milestone in the region’s oncology care, Burjeel Cancer Institute (BCI) has successfully performed the UAE’s first surgery to implant a Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump (HAIP). The complex procedure was carried out on a male patient in his sixties diagnosed with colorectal cancer that had spread to the liver. The HAIP technique, one of the most advanced surgical oncology procedures approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), enables targeted chemotherapy delivery directly to the liver. This approach ensures maximum drug concentration at the tumor site while ...