Transcutaneous arterial embolization to control massive tumor bleeding in head and neck cancer: 63 Patients' experiences from a single medical center

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1185-1190

  Chou, Wen Chi ^a,b   Lu, Chang Hsien ^a   Lin, Gigin ^a   Hong, Yu Shin ^a   Chen, Ping Tsung ^a   Hsu, Hung Chih ^a   Chen, Jen Shi ^a   Yeh, Kun Yun ^a   Wang, Hung Ming ^a   Liaw, Chuang Chi ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SAINT PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Head and neck cancer; Transcutaneous arterial embolization; Tumor bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BLEEDING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 34648819249     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0234-y     Document Type: Article

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