Cancer Therapy

Method using clots to block arteries effective, safe for small liver tumors

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 24th, 2002

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - U.S. government researchers at the National Institutes of Health have proclaimed chemoembolization with autologous blood clots a safe and effective method for treating unresectable liver cancer tumors.

The embolization method is known as short-Tae, or S-TAE. In S-TAE, doctors inject a compound containing iodized oil and chemotherapy along with blood clot into a hepatic artery in order to shrink tumor size and shut down a tumor's blood supply.

According to investigators in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) of the NIH, this technique has worked well in patients...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-09-24)

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