Chemoembolization WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Chemoembolization
Chemoembolization is a procedure in which the blood vessels in the affected part are purposely blocked, and an anti-cancer drug is directly injected to the cancerous tumor. In this way, the drug is concentrated in the tumor and the possible metastasis of the cancer cells is also inhibited.1
Fast Facts:
- This procedure is commonly done to people with liver cancer.1
- It concentrates a high dose of chemotherapy, or anti-cancer drugs in the tumor without exposing the whole body to side effects.1
- Chemoembolization may help increase the lifespan of those patients with inoperable liver cancer.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 RadiologyInfo: Chemoembolization
- ↑ National Cancer Institute: Chemoembolization May Help Some Patients With Inoperable Liver Cancer
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Chemobolization, Chemotherapy and Embolization, Chemo-embolization
- Last update: Sep. 15, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
