Preoperative Embolization of Hypervascular Head and Neck Tumors to Improve Surgical Outcomes
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-01-31
Target enrollment:
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Summary
This phase I trial tests whether embolization done prior to surgery (preoperative) will
improve surgical outcomes in head and neck tumors with large amounts of blood vessels
(hypervascular). Embolization is a minimally invasive surgical technique performed under
angiographic (imaging of blood vessels) guidance. Embolization therapy injects tiny particles
into the arteries feeding tumors to cut off their blood supply which may help improve
outcomes by preventing blood loss during surgery, reducing surgical times, and shrinking
tumors or reducing recurrence.