Mapping
Angiography helps define the liver arterial anatomy and plan a safe treatment.
Liver-Directed Therapy
What is Y90 radioembolization?
Y90 is a catheter-based liver treatment that delivers radioactive microspheres through hepatic arteries to selected tumors while limiting radiation to the rest of the body.
Y90 is planned in stages.
Treatment
Microspheres carrying yttrium-90 are delivered through a catheter into selected hepatic arteries.
What it treats
Y90 may be used for selected liver tumors depending on diagnosis, distribution and treatment goals.
What decides candidacy
Liver function, tumor burden, anatomy, prior therapy and the broader oncology plan all matter.
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