Yttrium 90 radioembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: Biological lessons, current challenges, and clinical perspectives

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2188-2197

  Salem, Riad ^a   Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^b   Sangro, Bruno ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GADOXETIC ACID; MACROSALB TC 99M; MICROSPHERE; RESIN; SORAFENIB; YTTRIUM 90; YTTRIUM;

ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOEMBOLIZATION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84888303493     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26382     Document Type: Review

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