Superselective Internal Radiation With Yttrium-90 Microspheres in the Management of a Chemorefractory Testicular Liver Metastasis

Journal Article · Sun Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-011-0226-7· OSTI ID:21608553

Sideras, Panagiotis A; Brody, Lynn A; Siegelbaum, Robert H; Shah, Rajesh P; Taskar, Neeta-Pandit ^[1]

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1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (United States)

We treated a patient with biopsy-proven, chemotherapy-resistant testicular cancer liver metastasis using Y-90 selective internal radiation treatment. We chose yttrium-90 rather than surgery and ablation due to tumor location and size as well as the patient's clinical history. The result was marked tumor response by positron emission tomography and computed tomography as well as significant improvement of the patient's quality of life accompanied by a substantial decrease of his tumor markers.

• OSTI ID: 21608553
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 35, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-011-0226-7; Copyright (c) 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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