@article{3136407, title = "Transcatheter arterial embolization in the management of tumours of the urinary tract", author = "Vlahos, L. and Giannopoulos, A. and Caridis, G. and Giannopoulos, P. and Benakis, V. and Dimopoulos, C. and Pontifex, G.", journal = "European urology oncology", year = "1978", volume = "4", number = "2", pages = "106-110", doi = "10.1159/000473924", keywords = "angiography; artificial embolism; bladder; bladder carcinoma; case report; kidney; kidney carcinoma; therapy; tumor embolism", abstract = "The technique of transcatheter arterial embolization in the management of malignant tumours of the urinary tract and in particular of the kidneys and bladder is described. The results in a series of 10 patients (9 with hypernephroma and 1 with a carcinoma of the bladder) are analyzed and the advantages as well as the dangers of this method in the management of operable and nonoperable tumours of the kidneys are discussed." }