Intraarterial infusion chemotherapy for head and neck cancers: evaluation of tumor perfusion with intraarterial CT during carotid arteriography.

Abstract

Intraarterial CT was useful for evaluation of the arterial supply and drug distribution of the tumor. However, quantitative data did not provide additional information for prediction of the treatment effect. This might indicate that the effectiveness of intraarterial chemotherapy is not directly related to the perfusion of head and neck cancers.