Cancer Therapy

Selective internal radiation therapy used to treat patients with unresectable liver metastases

Published in Gastroenterology Week, December 26th, 2005

Selective internal radiation therapy (SIR-spheres) could be used to treat patients with unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer.

In a recent article published in the journal BMC Cancer, scientists in Australia detailed a study conducted "to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of SIR spheres in patients with inoperable liver metastases from colorectal cancer who have failed 5-FU based chemotherapy. Patients were prospectively enrolled at three Australian centers. All patients had previously received 5-FU based chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer."

"Patients were ECOG 0-2 and had liver dominant or liver only...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2005-12-26)

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