Medical Therapies for Vascular Anomalies: A Review for the Interventional Radiologist

Systemic medical therapy for vascular anomalies can reduce pain, bleeding, and the need for repeat procedures, complementing embolization and sclerotherapy. This narrative review summarizes current agents, indications, dosing, and monitoring considerations to optimize multidisci…

• Design: Narrative review summarizing medical therapies (indications, dosing, monitoring) for vascular tumors and malformations from an IR perspective.
• Key takeaway: Management is shifting towards genotype-informed and pathway-directed systemic treatments; familiarity with these therapies can help IRs optimize patient selection and procedural timing.
• Limitation: Narrative review in a single journal; no new primary data, systematic search methodology, or quantitative meta-analysis presented.

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