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REVIEW article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Cancer Imaging and Image-directed Interventions
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1464242

Applications of image-guided locoregional transarterial chemotherapy in patients with inoperable colorectal cancer: a review

Provisionally accepted
Wenjun Meng Wenjun Meng 1Lu Pan Lu Pan 1*Li Huang Li Huang 1*Qing Li Qing Li 1*Yi Sun Yi Sun 2*
  • 1 West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
  • 2 Air force hospital of western theater command, Chengdu, China

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    With the development of comprehensive treatment, locoregional transarterial chemotherapy has become an alternative conversion therapy, palliative therapy, and neoadjuvant therapy for many solid malignant tumors. Locoregional transarterial chemotherapy, which is most frequently used for treating liver cancer, has the characteristics of high regional efficacy and few systemic adverse reactions. In recent years, the number of relevant reports of locoregional chemotherapy for treating initially inoperable colorectal cancer (CRC), including non-metastatic and metastatic CRC, has gradually increased. However, the specific treatment options for such locoregional therapy are not the same, and its indications, medication regimens and combined treatments have not reached any consensus. In this review, the application status of locoregional transarterial chemotherapy in primary and metastatic CRC patients has been reviewed and summarized to provide a reference for future clinical work and scientific research.

    Keywords: Transarterial chemotherapy, Chemoembolization, colorectal cancer, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Comprehensive treatment

    Received: 13 Jul 2024; Accepted: 08 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Meng, Pan, Huang, Li and Sun. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Lu Pan, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
    Li Huang, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
    Qing Li, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
    Yi Sun, Air force hospital of western theater command, Chengdu, China

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