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==Efficacy==
==Efficacy==
Chemoembolization may improve survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.<ref>PMID: 11981766</ref>
Chemoembolization may improve survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.<ref>PMID 11981766</ref>


==Adverse effects==
==Adverse effects==
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More serious adverse effects include:
More serious adverse effects include:
* Cerebral lipiodol embolism (CLE)<ref>PMID: 17171304</ref><ref>PMID: 16227000 </ref><ref>PMID: 16163042</ref><ref>PMID: 18720550 </ref>
* Cerebral lipiodol embolism (CLE)<ref>PMID 17171304</ref><ref>PMID 16227000 </ref><ref>PMID 16163042</ref><ref>PMID 18720550 </ref>
* Pulmonary embolism<ref>PMID: 16274465</ref><ref>PMID: 18720550 </ref>
* Pulmonary embolism<ref>PMID 16274465</ref><ref>PMID 18720550 </ref>
* Ruptured [[hepatocellular carcinoma]]<ref>PMID: 17287166</ref>
* Ruptured [[hepatocellular carcinoma]]<ref>PMID 17287166</ref>


==References==
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In medicine, chemoembolization, also called transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), is "administration of antineoplastic agents together with an embolizing vehicle. This allows slow release of the agent as well as obstruction of the blood supply to the neoplasm."[1]

Efficacy

Chemoembolization may improve survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.[2]

Adverse effects

Post-embolization syndrome is a common adverse effect and is pain, nausea, and fever.[3]

More serious adverse effects include:

References