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Review
. 2024 Oct;170(1):31-40.
doi: 10.1007/s11060-024-04782-4. Epub 2024 Sep 2.

Endovascular surgical neuro-oncology: advancing a new subspecialty

Christopher C Young  1   2 , Peter Kan  1   2 , Stephen R Chen  3 , Frederick F Lang  4
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Review

Endovascular surgical neuro-oncology: advancing a new subspecialty

Christopher C Young et al. J Neurooncol. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Endovascular surgical neuro-oncology is a relatively new subspecialty which uses endovascular neuro-interventional techniques for the management of nervous system tumors and tumor-related vascular conditions. Although there are several endovascular procedures that are widely available as standard-of-care diagnostic and treatment adjuncts, there has been a renewed interest to explore endovascular approaches as a means for selective intra-arterial delivery of therapeutic agents to nervous system tumors, including methods for opening the blood brain and blood tumor barriers. In this review, we discuss the historical development of various forms of endovascular intra-arterial treatment for tumors over the past 40 years, summarize endovascular approaches that are currently being employed, and highlight current clinical trials.

Keywords: Endovascular neuro-oncology; Immunotherapy; Intra-arterial infusion; Oncolytic virus; Transarterial chemo-embolization; Tumor embolization; Tumor infusion.

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