title: Anatomical and clinical study of lingual arterial chemoembolization for tongue carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to develop an alternative treatment approach using lingual artery chemoembolization for certain tongue carcinomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three lingual artery, postmortem, cast human specimens were studied. Seventy-eight patients with tongue carcinoma were chemoembolized with Car-platinum microcapsules.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The deposition of the microcapsule embolism was approximately at the fifth- to the sixth-branch level of the deep lingual artery. The results complied with the anatomy, and the clinical outcomes were effective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lingual artery chemoembolization showed efficacy for curing carcinoma in the midmargin and midbody areas of the tongue, within the limitations of this study.
authors.affiliation: Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhe Jiang University, Hang Zhou, China. honghe6666@sina.com
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jianqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Feiyun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ping
authors.forename: Guanfu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Suzhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002102:Cadaver; D002214:Capsules; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016628:Replica Techniques; D014059:Tongue / Q000098:blood supply*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002214:Capsules; D016190:Carboplatin