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Salivary Glands
There are three pairs of major salivary glands and several hundred minor salivary glands. The parotid gland is made up of serous-type acini with the exception of a few mucinous units; the submandibular gland i...
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Twelve-year experience of radioembolization for colorectal hepatic metastases in 214 patients: survival by era and chemotherapy
The aim of this study was to analyze the safety, treatment characteristics and survival outcomes of Yttrium-90 (Y90) radioembolization for unresectable colorectal carcinoma (CRC) liver metastases refractory to...
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Sustained safety and efficacy of extended-shelf-life 90Y glass microspheres: long-term follow-up in a 134-patient cohort
To validate our initial pilot study and confirm sustained safety and tumor response of extended-shelf-life 90Y glass microspheres. We hypothesized that for the same planned tissue dose, the increase in number of ...
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Embolic Therapies
Primary and secondary liver cancers pose a challenge in terms of treatment options for the following reasons: (1) most patients are unresectable at presentation not only due to tumor stage but also because of ...
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Yttrium 90 Microspheres for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yttrium-90 microspheres are radioactive particles which are increasingly being employed for treating patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The procedure is called radioembolization. It inv...
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Chemoembolization and Radioembolization in the Treatment of Primary Liver Cancers
The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma is increasing worldwide. Chemoembolization and radioembolization represent two novel transarterial therapies which are primarily based on a similar basic concept of th...
