This method utilizes a stopper (like the gel of a sponge) to obstruct the hepatic artery so that blood will not flow in. In this way the cancerous tissue's food supply will be cut off and thus starve to death; damage done to normal cells is not significant.
這種方法是利用栓塞劑（如海綿明膠等）將肝動脈阻塞，使血液不致流入，癌組織就會因缺少養分而「餓死」，但正常細胞卻受害不大。只是這種療法也有其限制：門靜脈已被癌細胞侵襲阻塞，或是肝功能太差者都不適合。