Transarterial Embolization-Assisted Necrosis of a Facial Tumor

The treatment and prognosis of non-operable high-risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are poor. There is no definitive model for therapy in these cases to date, but strategies that have been utilized include radiation therapy (RT) with or without chemotherapy. Here, we report the effectiveness of arterial embolization with subsequent chemoradiation with cisplatin in a case of advanced oropharyngeal SCC. These interventions resulted in a remarkable tumor burden reduction of a stage IV SCC of the head and neck that had been deemed nonresectable.