Deep lingual arterial chemoembolization of tongue carcinoma with microcapsuled anticancer drug.
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).


CONCLUSIONS
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.
He
Hong
H
Department of Stomatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Huang
Jian-qi
JQ
Ping
Fei-yun
FY
Chen
Guan-fu
GF
Zhang
Su-zhan
SZ
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002214:Capsules; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D014059:Tongue / Q000187:drug effects; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002214:Capsules; D004337:Drug Carriers; D016190:Carboplatin