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2811384

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Ten patients with liver metastases from primary tumors in the colorectum were treated with selective internal radiation (SIR) therapy. This involved the embolisation of yttrium-90-containing microspheres into the hepatic artery at the time of laparotomy. The microspheres were concentrated in the microvasculature of the tumour nodules by the concurrent administration of angiotensin II. The radiation dose being delivered to liver parenchyma was measured at the time of operation by use of an intraoperative radiation detection probe. All nine patients in whom the preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level was elevated experienced a decrease in CEA levels posttreatment. Intraoperative dosimetry confirmed the poor correlation between total radioactivity used and radiation dose received by normal liver parenchyma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-4790
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
192-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective internal radiation (SIR) therapy for treatment of liver metastases: measurement of response rate.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital Perth, Western Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article