| abstract |
The present invention provides an anti-tumor chemotherapeutic to a patient having a tumor, the composition comprising: microspheres incorporating the anti-tumor chemotherapeutic; and, a suspending solution which surrounds the microspheres. The present invention also provides a method for administering an anti-tumor chemotherapeutic to a patient having a tumor, comprising the steps of delivering the anti-tumor chemotherapeutic as a chemotherapeutic reservoir to the tumor; and, releasing the anti-tumor chemotherapeutic from the chemotherapeutic reservoir to an interstitial space of the tumor in a therapeutically effective amount, wherein, the chemotherapeutic reservoir includes microspheres incorporating the anti-tumor chemotherapeutic and a suspending solution which surrounds the microspheres. |