Safety and efficacy of Y-90 microsphere treatment in patients with primary and metastatic liver cancer: The tumor selectivity of the treatment as a function of tumor to liver flow ratio

A. Güleç, Seza; Mesoloras, Geraldine; A. Dezarn, William; McNeillie, Patrick; S. Kennedy, Andrew

doi:10.1186/1479-5876-5-15

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Safety and efficacy of Y-90 microsphere treatment in patients with primary and metastatic liver cancer: The tumor selectivity of the treatment as a function of tumor to liver flow ratio

Published in Journal of Translational Medicine • Mar 14, 2007

Authors:

Seza A. Güleç

Geraldine Mesoloras

William A. Dezarn

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Treatment records and follow-up data on 40 patients with primary and metastatic liver malignancies who underwent a single whole-liver treatment with Y-90 resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres Sirtex Medical, Lake Forest, IL) were retrospectively reviewed. The objective of the study was to eval...

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Medicine

Liver tumor

Liver cancer

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