The goals of palliative chemotherapy are to improve overall survival and the quality of life through relief of symptoms. On the other hand, chemotherapy has many side effects, such as, myelosupression, neuropathy, gastro-intestinal symptoms, and infertility. On the many known side effects of chemotherapy, bleeding occurs in approximately 6-10% of patients with advanced cancer. Most of bleeding associated with chemotherapy is due to local vessel damage and systemic process, such as, disseminatated intravascular coagulopathy or abnormalities in platelet function or number. This symptom led to worse progression of quality of life and severe stress state in patient and their attendant. Here, the authors report a case of chemotherapy- related bleeding in maxillary cancer patient and successful achievement of hemostasis using interventional endovascular therapy.

• 김형호(조선대학교 의과대학 내과, 종양혈액내과) | Hyung-Ho Kim
• 서준원(조선대학교 의과대학 내과, 종양혈액내과) | Jun-Won Seo
• 박상곤(조선대학교 의과대학 내과, 종양혈액내과) | Sang-Gon Park
• 이희정(조선대학교 의과대학 내과, 종양혈액내과) | Hee-Jeong Lee Corresponding author
• 김보배(조선대학교 의과대학 내과, 종양혈액내과) | Bo-Bae Kim