"These are early promising results and show that there is a defining and evolving role for Y-90 microspheres in primary liver cancer. Our study showed who can benefit from this treatment ...

MARTINSBURG, WV — WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center is now offering a new treatment for liver cancer, according to a community announcement. Y-90 radioembolization is a minimally invasive ...

It’s primarily used for cancer that can’t be treated with surgery or a liver transplant. Yttrium-90 (Y90) radioembolization, or selective internal radiotherapy, is an alternative treatment ...

They analyzed the patients' responses to treatment based on two commonly used sets of criteria. Based on one criteria, 90 percent ... which cancer-killing drugs are injected into the liver's ...

For the last 20 years, the leading world clinics in the treatment ... cancer, and neuroendocrine tumors that have spread to the liver. Microspheres with a radioactive isotope of yttrium-90 are ...

and it became clear that the treatment ... of the liver, with the most frequent originating from the colon or rectum (39.3%). A key finding in the 12-month follow-up analysis is a 90% local ...