Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Treatment

This method, which can be applied to many tumors, especially liver tumors, involves administering chemotherapy drugs and vasoconstrictors directly into the artery feeding the tumor. For this procedure, an angiogram is inserted into the groin area and advanced through catheters to the small artery feeding the tumor.

Through the catheter, preparations that occlude the artery and release the chemotherapy drug are administered intravenously, ensuring the tumor receives both an intense dose of chemotherapy and the closure of the vessels that feed it. The greatest advantage of this treatment option is that the entire body is not exposed to the effects of the aggressive chemotherapy drugs. This method is suitable for patients in good general condition, those with liver cancer or a mass due to cancer metastasis, and those who have not benefited from systemic chemotherapy.