Sadamoto Zenda, Yasunori Arai, Shunsuke Sugawara, Yoshitaka Inaba, Kazuki Hashimoto, Kouji Yamamoto, Yusuke Saigusa, Takashi Kawaguchi, Sanae Shimada, Marie Yokoyama, Tempei Miyaji, Tomoka Okano, Naoki Nakamura, Eisuke Kobayashi, Tatsuya Takagi, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Yosuke Uchitomi, Miyuki Sone
BACKGROUND: Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) has long been used for hemostasis of traumatic or postoperative hemorrhage and embolization of tumors. Previous retrospective studies of TAE for painful bone metastases showed 60%-80% pain reduction with a median time to response of 1-2 days. Compared with radiotherapy and bisphosphonates, time to response appeared earlier than that of radiotherapy or bone-modifying agents. However, few prospective studies have examined TAE for this indication...
January 31, 2023: BMC Cancer