Erschienen in:
21.06.2017 | Review Article
HCC Locoregional Therapies: Yttrium-90 (Y-90) Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT)
verfasst von:
İsa Burak Güney
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy and the third cause of cancer death globally with most deaths occurring within 1 year of diagnosis. HCC is the sixth most common malignancy worldwide [
1‐
3]. Transplantation and resection remain the only potentially curative options [
4]. Locoregional therapies such as chemoembolization (TACE) and radiofrequency ablation have an established palliative role in select patients [
5‐
9]. Targeted molecular therapies now have a recognized role, with sorafenib demonstrating improved survival in patients with advanced HCC [
10,
11]. …