Riad Salem, Andrew C Gordon, Samdeep Mouli, Ryan Hickey, Joseph Kallini, Ahmed Gabr, Mary F Mulcahy, Talia Baker, Michael Abecassis, Frank H Miller, Vahid Yaghmai, Kent Sato, Kush Desai, Bartley Thornburg, Al B Benson, Alfred Rademaker, Daniel Ganger, Laura Kulik, Robert J Lewandowski
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) is used to treat patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Radioembolization is a minimally invasive procedure that involves implantation of radioactive micron-sized particles loaded with yttrium-90 (Y90) inside the blood vessels that supply a tumor. We performed a randomized, phase 2 study to compare the effects of cTACE and Y90 radioembolization in patients with HCC. METHODS: From October 2009 through October 2015, we reviewed patients with HCC of all Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stages for eligibility...
December 2016: Gastroenterology