TY - JOUR TI - Transcatheter arterial embolization in the management of tumours of the urinary tract AU - Vlahos, L. AU - Giannopoulos, A. AU - Caridis, G. AU - Giannopoulos, P. AU - Benakis, V. AU - Dimopoulos, C. AU - Pontifex, G. JO - European urology oncology PY - 1978 VL - 4 TODO - 2 SP - 106-110 PB - SN - null TODO - 10.1159/000473924 TODO - angiography; artificial embolism; bladder; bladder carcinoma; case report; kidney; kidney carcinoma; therapy; tumor embolism TODO - 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. ER -