Radioendovascular Chemoembolization of Hepatic Artery is an Advanced Technique of Regional Chemotherapy in Malignant Hepatic Tumors (Review)

The review concerns one of the urgent problems of modern oncology: the management of patients with unresectable hepatic cancer. The capabilities and advantages of one of the most common radioendovascular techniques — transcatheter chemoembolization of hepatic artery — have been described in detail. We have shown morphofunctional principles of chemoembolization, compared the properties of the most common chemoembolic agents: lipiodol (an oil chemoembolic agent), saturable microspheres (Hepasphere, DS Bead). There has been considered the spectrum of diseases and conditions, when hepatic artery chemoembolization is reasonable, as well as the capabilities of the technique used as adjunctive therapy. We have indicated the complications resulted from interventional procedures, and suggested our own classification of basic complications. The criteria for chemoembolization assessment have been given.

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