Agnesian HealthCare Cancer Care Services & Y90 Cancer Treatment
Автор: SSM Health - Greater Fond du Lac Region
Загружено: 2014-01-07
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Cutting edge treatment for liver cancer is now available at Agnesian Healthcare. Radio embolization Y90 is a form of internal radiation therapy that delivers radiation directly to the tumor in the liver. The Y90 treatments for liver cancer utilize one of the patient's blood vessels that supply blood to the tumor. This procedure is broken up into two parts. First, the goal is to isolate and cut off arteries that might take the radiation to bad places for example, the bowels or lungs. After this has been accomplished, the Y90 is injected into the tumor. The Y90 is packaged in small glass or resin beads called microspheres. The small radioactive beads then become lodged directly in the tumor where they deposit the radiation to help stop the tumor from growing.
Y90 treatments are used when surgery can't be done for primary liver tumors or for metastatic cancer of the liver. Y90 is considered a palliative treatment meaning it will not cure the liver cancer but can help alleviate symptoms.
Y90 treatments at Agnesian Healthcare utilize a team approach with involvement of both an interventional radiologist and a radiation oncologist. For more information on Y90 treatments you can call 920/926-5577
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