The nurse is caring for a patient with metastasis of her cancer to the liver. The patient is undergoing chemotherapy by TACE. What does this chemotherapy procedure cause?
A) Necrosis of tumor cells
B) Embolization of tumor vessels
C) Necrosis of tumor vessels
D) Embolization of tumor cells
Ans: B
Feedback: Embolization of tumor vessels with chemotherapy (a process known as transarterial chemoembolization [TACE]) produces anoxic necrosis with high concentrations of trapped chemotherapeutic agents. This procedure does not work on the cellular level of the tumor.
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