title: Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) in primary or secondary liver cancer.
abstract: Most patients with a history of common solid tumors will in the end develop liver metastases. Next to that, primary liver cancer, is a frequent cancer with fatal liver failure in the majority of patients. Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), has gradually been introduced over the recent years and is a promising, innovative albeit palliative treatment modality. The specific clinical background with regard to the indication and methodology of SIRT is presented and discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht, The Netherlands. l.ricksen@mumc.nl
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prompers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bucerius
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brans
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Temur
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Felix M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mottaghy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes