title: Chemoembolisation: treating liver cancer.
abstract: This article describes the technique of chemoembolisation in the treatment of liver cancer and relates the underlying principles to the physiology of the liver. It also discusses some of the controversies now surrounding chemoembolisation.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed