Embolization is an interventional radiological treatment method applied to stop the blood

supply of a vascular lesion by using different embolizing agents through the catheter. The purpose of embolization

in tumoral tissues is to stop the blood flow of the tumor for ischemia of the tissue and shrink

the tumor. Tumor embolotherapy can be applied to stop bleeding in acute tumoral hemorrhages, to reduce

the risk of operative bleeding by reducing tumor blood supply before surgery in hypervascular tumors,

to reduce tumor size by reducing blood supply in symptomatic tumors, and for palliative purposes

in inoperable tumors. Since the aim is embolization of the capillary vascular bed of the tumor, distal

embolization is essential by providing as much superselective catheterization as possible in the feeding

vessels of the tumor. Although there are a wide variety of agents that can be used for embolization, particulate

embolizing agents are generally preferred in tumor embolotherapy. Transarterial Chemoembolization

(TACE), on the other hand, is a specific embolization procedure developed to achieve vascular

embolizing effect, to achieve tumoral cytotoxic effect, to protect the body from the systemic side effects

of chemotherapeutic agents, and to achieve local maximum effect with less chemotherapeutic agents.

TACE is a synergistic treatment method in which embolizing particles and chemotherapeutic drugs are

applied together.