Validation of response to yttrium-90 radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein invasion

J Hepatol. 2018 Jul;69(1):259-260. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.02.027. Epub 2018 Mar 14.

Authors

Cristina Mosconi¹, Alessandro Cucchetti², Cinzia Pettinato³, Rita Golfieri¹, Alberta Cappelli¹

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Unit, Department of Digestive Disease and Internal Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: aleqko@libero.it.
³ Medical Physics Unit, Radiology Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 29548768
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.02.027

No abstract available

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; Disease-free survival; Hepatic resection; Liver metastases; Survival; Tumor doubling time.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Humans
Liver Neoplasms*
Portal Vein
Prognosis
Yttrium Radioisotopes

Substances

Yttrium Radioisotopes
Yttrium-90