absorbable gelatin sponge

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009588",
  "term": "absorbable gelatin sponge",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A sterile hemostatic agent composed of purified porcine-derived gelatin. In regional chemotherapy, absorbable gelatin sponge may be used to embolize arteries in the region of a tumor in order to block or retard blood flow; this blockage results in a locally increased concentration of chemotherapeutic agents delivered to the tumor when chemotherapeutic agents are infused into the embolized arterial circulation upstream of the blockage.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/absorbable-gelatin-sponge/"
}