Intra-arterial treatment of therapy-resistant residual tumors of the pelvis
Görich, J.; Hasan, I.; Kunze, V.; Sittek, H.; Brensing, K.A.; Reiser, M.; Layer, G.; Rilinger, N.; Sokiranski, R.; Steudel, A.
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft . 171(12): 671-678
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0179-7158 PMID: 8545787 Document Number: 450012
Evaluation of intraarterial cancer treatment in recurrent pelvic tumors, which were resistent to other treatment modalities. Ninety-seven patients suffering from pelvic recurrences originating from bladder (n = 40), rectum (n = 19), cervix (n = 21) oder other organs (n = 17) were treated by intraarterial chemotherapy (111 times) or transcatheter embolisation (52 times). Less than 20% of our patients had remission of the tumor burden but tumor symptoms (especially pain and bleeding) could be controlled in 35 to 87% of the patients. The main complication was a muscle necrosis after intraarterial chemotherapy because of recurrent bladder cancer. Intraarterial cancertherapy is a useful procedure for symptomatic treatment of tumor symptoms especially in case of bleeding. Local tumor control can only be achived in a minority of the patients.