Liver Radioembolization with 90Y Microspheres

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bilbao, José I. (Editor), Reiser, Maximilian F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Interventional radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Hepatology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Interventional Radiology.; Nuclear Medicine.

This book provides an in-depth account of all aspects of radioembolization, a relatively novel technique based on the efficacy of radiotherapy for the treatment of liver tumors. In the past, the therapeutic radiation dose needed to treat a tumoral area has been sufficiently high to produce permanent...