Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4241996 | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2006 | 28 Pages |
Abstract
Microsphere and particle technology represent the next-generation agents that have formed the basis of interventional oncology, an evolving subspecialty of interventional radiology. One of these platforms, yttrium-90 microspheres, is rapidly being adopted in the medical community as an adjunctive therapeutic tool in the management of primary and secondary liver malignancies. Given the complexity of the treatment algorithm of patients who may be candidates for this therapy and the need for clinical guidance, a comprehensive review of the methodologic and technical considerations was undertaken. This experience is based on more than 900 90Y infusions performed over a 5-year period.
Keywords
FDATACELSFMAAECoGGDAtranscatheter arterial chemoembolizationHCCMacroaggregated albuminSPECTsingle photon emission computed tomographyPositron emission tomographyFood and Drug Administrationeastern cooperative oncology groupGastroduodenal arteryPerformance statusPETHepatocellular carcinomalung shunt fraction
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Authors
Riad MD, MBA, Kenneth G. MA,