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post-embolization syndrome
A condition that includes pain, nausea, vomiting and low-grade fever that many patients experience following a chemoembolization procedure in which anticancer drugs are injected directly into a cancerous tumor and a synthetic material is placed inside the blood vessels that supply blood to the tumor to prevent blood from flowing to the area.