Hepatic arterial 90Yttrium glass microspheres (therasphere) for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Interim safety and survival data on 65 patients

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Carr, Brian I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLASS; MICROSPHERE; THERASPHERE; YTTRIUM 90; YTTRIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GLASS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROSPHERES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 2442680770     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20036     Document Type: Article

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