Takeshi Fujita1, Masahiro Tanabe2, Kazuko Moritani3, Naofumi Matsunaga2, Tsuneo Matsumoto4. 1. Department of Radiology, Ube Industries Ltd Central Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan r34tfuji@solid.ocn.ne.jp. 2. Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. 3. Department of Radiology, Ube Industries Ltd Central Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. 4. Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hemoptysis in patients with advanced lung cancer can be a life threatening. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate immediate outcomes and late outcomes of bronchial artery embolization (BAE) for palliative treatment in patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) having hemoptysis. METHODS: The BAE was performed in 28 patients with NSCLC. Hemoptysis was defined as follows: massive bleeding greater than 300 mL within 24 hours (n = 8), moderate bleeding of 100 to 300 mL within 24 hours (n =12), and slight bleeding less than100 mL within 24 hours (n = 8). RESULTS: Success rate was 96%. Immediate clinical success within 24 hours after BAE was achieved in 22 of the 27 patients who underwent embolization. CONCLUSIONS: The BAE with gelatin sponge particles can provide good management of hemoptysis as a palliative treatment in patients with advanced NSCLC.
BACKGROUND: Hemoptysis in patients with advanced lung cancer can be a life threatening. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate immediate outcomes and late outcomes of bronchial artery embolization (BAE) for palliative treatment in patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) having hemoptysis. METHODS: The BAE was performed in 28 patients with NSCLC. Hemoptysis was defined as follows: massive bleeding greater than 300 mL within 24 hours (n = 8), moderate bleeding of 100 to 300 mL within 24 hours (n =12), and slight bleeding less than100 mL within 24 hours (n = 8). RESULTS: Success rate was 96%. Immediate clinical success within 24 hours after BAE was achieved in 22 of the 27 patients who underwent embolization. CONCLUSIONS: The BAE with gelatin sponge particles can provide good management of hemoptysis as a palliative treatment in patients with advanced NSCLC.
Authors: Lindsey Eldridge; Aigul Moldobaeva; Qiong Zhong; John Jenkins; Michael Snyder; Robert H Brown; Wayne Mitzner; Elizabeth M Wagner Journal: Cancer Res Date: 2016-08-28 Impact factor: 12.701