Transarterial radioembolization for liver tumors as neoadjuvant therapy: three case reports

Transarterial radioembolization for liver tumors as neoadjuvant therapy: three case reports

ABSTRACT Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with yttrium-90 microspheres is a palliative locoregional treatment, minimally invasive for liver tumors. The neoadjuvant aim of this treatment is still controversial, however, selected cases with lesions initially considered unresectable have been enf...

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Main Authors: Vithor de Oliveira Carvalho, Francisco Leonardo Galastri, Breno Boueri Affonso, Priscila Mina Falsarella, Leonardo Guedes Moreira Valle, Ben-Hur Ferraz-Neto, Marcelo Bruno de Rezende, Joaquim Maurício da Motta-Leal-Filho, Rodrigo Gobbo Garcia, Felipe Nasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2020-02-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Radioembolization
Liver neoplasms
Cholangiocarcinoma
Neoadjuvant therapy
Embolization, therapeutic/methods
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082020000100508&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with yttrium-90 microspheres is a palliative locoregional treatment, minimally invasive for liver tumors. The neoadjuvant aim of this treatment is still controversial, however, selected cases with lesions initially considered unresectable have been enframed as candidates for curative therapy after hepatic transarterial radioembolization. We report three cases in which the hepatic transarterial radioembolization was used as neoadjuvant therapy in an effective way, allowing posterior potentially curative therapies.
ISSN:2317-6385

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