[Use of x-ray endovascular interventions in the treatment of bladder cancer]

Various types of X-ray endovascular interventions on the internal iliac arteries were carried out in 192 patients with cancer of the bladder over a decade, from 1982 to 1992. X-ray endovascular occlusion of the internal iliac arteries resulted in macrohematuria arrest in 80.5% of patients, Intraarterial chemotherapy helped arrest bleedings in 91.9% of patients. Regional chemotherapy in the presence of reduced arterial blood stream in the system of internal iliac arteries is the optimal hemostasis method for inoperable patients with locally disseminated bladder cancer: it helped attain a stable prolonged hemostasis in 100% of patients.