Radiation segmentectomy for hepatic malignancies: Indications, devices, dosimetry, procedure, clinical outcomes, and toxicity of yttrium-90 microspheres

Radiation segmentectomy (RS) is a new approach to 90Y radioembolization that has been designed to increase the safety and efficacy of radioembolization in patients with unresectable hepatic malignancies. With this technique, high doses (>190 Gy) of radiation are delivered to the tumor through rad...

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Main Authors: Zhongzhi Jia, Caoye Wang, Ricardo Paz-Fumagalli, Weiping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Interventional Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096360219300614