Transbronchial arterial chemoembolization in the treatment of lung cancer

Objective To evaluate curative effect of transbronchial arterial chemoembolization in the treatment of lung cancer. Methods 46 patients were included in this study. First, brochial arteriography was performed to identify the tumor-feeding branch, and super-catheterize it. After CDDP, MMC and 5-Fu was infused, embolization with mixture of Lipodol and cisplatin was carried out. Results The tumor blush of 38 patients stained obviously. The feeding arteries of 20 patients with the second treatment decreased obviously. In 46 patients, complete response (CR) were obtained in 2, patial response (PR) in 35, steady disease (SD) in 8, and no deterioration was seen. The overall response rate was 80.4%. clinical symptoms were relieved 54.1%. Conclusion Transbronchial arterial chemoembolization by super-selective tumor-feeding arteries catheterization has good short-term effect in the treatment of lung cancer and clinical symptoms were relieved evidently.