Deep lingual arterial chemoembolization of tongue carcinoma with microcapsuled anticancer drug / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Microcapsule chemoembolism is a promising treatment of tumors. We describe a deep lingual arterial embolization of tongue carcinoma with microcapsuled carboplatinum.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>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).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>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.</p>