Deep lingual arterial chemoembolization of tongue carcinoma with microcapsuled anticancer drug
Hong He1, Jian-qi Huang, Fei-yun Ping
1Department of Stomatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Objective:
Microcapsule chemoembolism is a promising treatment of tumors. We describe a deep lingual arterial embolization of tongue carcinoma with microcapsuled carboplatinum.
Methods:
Lingual artery cast specimens from cadavers were microscopically examined, and 78 patients with tongue cancer were recruited and treated with the deep lingual arterial embolization therapy.
Results:
Microcapsule embolism occurred approximately at the fifth or sixth level of the deep lingual artery branches. The five-year survival rate was 88.5% (69 out of 78), and the ten-year survival rate 52.6% (41 out of 78).
Conclusion:
The deep lingual arterial embolization of tongue carcinoma with microcapsuled carboplatinum is an effective therapy to treat carcinoma in mid-margin or mid-body of the tongue.
