Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in men, the seventh most common in women, and Cutlery Set the third most common cause of death from cancer worldwide.Only 30-40% of liver cancer patients present early enough to undergo curative treatments such as surgery or liver transplantation.Local treatment with radiofrequency ablation or ethanol injection is often reserved for non-surgical candidates with early stages of disease.Transarterial embolization has become a widely accepted treatment for asymptomatic patients with unresectable lesions.
This review discusses in details the three major forms of transarterial therapies: Dental Cement Bland embolization, chemoembolization, and radioembolization.