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Jamjoom M, Alwakeel A, Sagar AES. A 78-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath After Radioembolization of the Liver. Chest 2024; 166:e109-e112. [PMID: 39389691 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 10/12/2024] Open
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CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old man with a history of GI stromal tumor (GIST) in the stomach with metastasis to the liver presented with progressive shortness of breath, dry cough, and subjective fever that started 1 week after radioembolization of liver metastatic lesions. His initial diagnosis of GIST was 10 years before, for which he underwent surgical resection; however, more recently he was noted to have hepatic lesions biopsy-proven to be metastatic GIST lesions. He stated that he did not have any respiratory symptoms before the radioembolization procedure and denied having a history of pulmonary disease. His medical history was otherwise notable for coronary artery disease post coronary artery bypass graft in 2002, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and atrioventricular block after pacemaker placement. After the diagnosis of liver metastasis, he began treatment with imatinib 6 months earlier and consequently received radioembolization with yttrium-90 (Y-90) microspheres.
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- Mohammed Jamjoom
- Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
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Choi JW, Jang MJ, Suh M, Kim HC. Radiation Major Hepatectomy to Selectively Treat Large Unifocal Hepatocellular Carcinoma (RESCUE): Protocol for an Open-Label, Single-Arm, Single-Center Trial. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2024; 35:1221-1223. [PMID: 38723864 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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- Jin Woo Choi
- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Zeimpekis KG, Mercolli L, Conti M, Sari H, Rominger A, Rathke H. 90Y post-radioembolization clinical assessment with whole-body Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT: image quality, tumor, liver and lung dosimetry. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024; 51:2100-2113. [PMID: 38347299 PMCID: PMC11139701 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-024-06650-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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PURPOSE Evaluation of 90Y liver radioembolization post-treatment clinical data using a whole-body Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT to investigate the potential of protocol optimization in terms of scan time and dosimetry. METHODS 17 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with median (IQR) injected activity 2393 (1348-3298) MBq were included. Pre-treatment dosimetry plan was based on 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT with Simplicit90Y™ and post-treatment validation with Quadra using Simplicit90Y™ and HERMIA independently. Regarding the image analysis, mean and peak SNR, the coefficient of variation (COV) and lesion-to-background ratio (LBR) were evaluated. For the post-treatment dosimetry validation, the mean tumor, whole liver and lung absorbed dose evaluation was performed using Simplicit90Y and HERMES. Images were reconstructed with 20-, 15-, 10-, 5- and 1- min sinograms with 2, 4, 6 and 8 iterations. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to show statistical significance (p < 0.05). RESULTS There was no difference of statistical significance between 20- and 5- min reconstructed times for the peak SNR, COV and LBR. In addition, there was no difference of statistical significance between 20- and 1- min reconstructed times for all dosimetry metrics. Lung dosimetry showed consistently lower values than the expected. Tumor absorbed dose based on Simplicit90Y™ was similar to the expected while HERMES consistently underestimated significantly the measured tumor absorbed dose. Finally, there was no difference of statistical significance between expected and measured tumor, whole liver and lung dose for all reconstruction times. CONCLUSION In this study we evaluated, in terms of image quality and dosimetry, whole-body PET clinical images of patients after having been treated with 90Y microspheres radioembolization for liver cancer. Compared to the 20-min standard scan, the simulated 5-min reconstructed images provided equal image peak SNR and noise behavior, while performing also similarly for post-treatment dosimetry of tumor, whole liver and lung absorbed doses.
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- Konstantinos G Zeimpekis
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, Bern, 3010, Switzerland.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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- Molecular Imaging, Siemens Healthineers, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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Yan Y, Zhu Y, Yang S, Qian C, Zhang Y, Yuan X, Hu M, Kang J, Jiang C, Hu M, Zhao R, Zhao L, Xu Y. Clinical predictors of severe radiation pneumonitis in patients undergoing thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer. Transl Lung Cancer Res 2024; 13:1069-1083. [PMID: 38854946 PMCID: PMC11157363 DOI: 10.21037/tlcr-24-328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Background Severe radiation pneumonitis (RP), one of adverse events in patients with lung cancer receiving thoracic radiotherapy, is more likely to lead to more mortality and poor quality of life, which could be predicted by clinical information and treatment scheme. In this study, we aimed to explore the clinical predict model for severe RP. Methods We collected information on lung cancer patients who received radiotherapy from August 2020 to August 2022. Clinical features were obtained from 690 patients, including baseline and treatment data as well as radiation dose measurement parameters, including lung volume exceeding 5 Gy (V5), lung volume exceeding 20 Gy (V20), lung volume exceeding 30 Gy (V30), mean lung dose (MLD), etc. Among them, 621 patients were in the training cohort, and 69 patients were in the test cohort. Three models were built using different screening methods, including multivariate logistics regression (MLR), backward stepwise regression (BSR), and random forest regression (RFR), to evaluate their predictive power. Overoptimism in the training cohorts was evaluated by four validation methods, including hold-out, 10-fold, leave-one-out, and bootstrap methods, and test cohort was used to evaluate the predictive performance of the model. Model calibration, decision curve analysis (DCA), and evaluation of the nomograms for the three models were completed. Results Severe RP was up to 9.4%. The results of multivariate analysis of logistics regression in all patients showed that patients with subclinical (untreated and asymptomatic) interstitial lung disease (ILD) could increase the risk of severe RP, and patients with a better lung diffusion function and received standardized steroids treatment could decrease the risk of severe RP. The three models built by MLR, BSR, and RFR all had good accuracy (>0.850) and moderate κ value (>0.4), and the model 2 built by BSR had the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) in three models, which was 0.958 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.932-0.985]. The calibration curve showed good agreement between the predicted and actual values, and the DCA showed a positive net benefit for the model 2 which drew the nomogram. The model 2 included subclinical ILD, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO), ipsilateral lung V20, and standardized steroid treatment, which could affect the incidence of severe RP. Conclusions Subclinical ILD, DLCO, ipsilateral lung V20, and with or not standardized steroid treatment could affect the incidence of severe RP. Strict lung dose limitation and standardized steroid treatment could contribute to a decrease in severe RP.
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- Yujie Yan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Wagemans MEHM, Braat AJAT, van Rooij R, Smits MLJ, Bruijnen RCG, Prince JF, Bol GM, de Jong HWAM, Lam MGEH. Lung Mean Dose Prediction in Transarterial Radioembolization (TARE): Superiority of [ 166Ho]-Scout Over [ 99mTc]MAA in a Prospective Cohort Study. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2024; 47:443-450. [PMID: 38326577 PMCID: PMC10997535 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-023-03656-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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PURPOSE Radiation pneumonitis is a serious complication of radioembolization. In holmium-166 ([166Ho]) radioembolization, the lung mean dose (LMD) can be estimated (eLMD) using a scout dose with either technetium-99 m-macroaggregated albumin ([99mTc]MAA) or [166Ho]-microspheres. The accuracy of eLMD based on [99mTc]MAA (eLMDMAA) was compared to eLMD based on [166Ho]-scout dose (eLMDHo-scout) in two prospective clinical studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were included if they received both scout doses ([99mTc]MAA and [166Ho]-scout), had a posttreatment [166Ho]-SPECT/CT (gold standard) and were scanned on the same hybrid SPECT/CT system. The correlation between eLMDMAA/eLMDHo-scout and LMDHo-treatment was assessed by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r). Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to analyze paired data. RESULTS Thirty-seven patients with unresectable liver metastases were included. During follow-up, none developed symptoms of radiation pneumonitis. Median eLMDMAA (1.53 Gy, range 0.09-21.33 Gy) was significantly higher than median LMDHo-treatment (0.00 Gy, range 0.00-1.20 Gy; p < 0.01). Median eLMDHo-scout (median 0.00 Gy, range 0.00-1.21 Gy) was not significantly different compared to LMDHo-treatment (p > 0.05). In all cases, eLMDMAA was higher than LMDHo-treatment (p < 0.01). While a significant correlation was found between eLMDHo-scout and LMDHo-treatment (r = 0.43, p < 0.01), there was no correlation between eLMDMAA and LMDHo-treatment (r = 0.02, p = 0.90). CONCLUSION [166Ho]-scout dose is superior in predicting LMD over [99mTc]MAA, in [166Ho]-radioembolization. Consequently, [166Ho]-scout may limit unnecessary patient exclusions and avoid unnecessary therapeutic activity reductions in patients eligible for radioembolization. TRAIL REGISTRATION NCT01031784, registered December 2009. NCT01612325, registered June 2012.
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- Martijn E H M Wagemans
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Budzyńska A, Kubik A, Kacperski K, Pastusiak P, Kuć M, Piasecki P, Konior M, Gryziński M, Dziuk M, Iller E. PET/CT and SPECT/CT imaging of 90Y hepatic radioembolization at therapeutic and diagnostic activity levels: Anthropomorphic phantom study. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0271711. [PMID: 38421965 PMCID: PMC10903856 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Prior to 90Y radioembolization procedure, a pretherapy simulation using 99mTc-MAA is performed. Alternatively, a small dosage of 90Y microspheres could be used. We aimed to assess the accuracy of lung shunt fraction (LSF) estimation in both high activity 90Y posttreatment and pretreatment scans with isotope activity of ~100 MBq, using different imaging techniques. Additionally, we assessed the feasibility of visualising hot and cold hepatic tumours in PET/CT and Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT images. MATERIALS AND METHODS Anthropomorphic phantom including liver (with two spherical tumours) and lung inserts was filled with 90Y chloride to simulate an LSF of 9.8%. The total initial activity in the liver was 1451 MBq, including 19.4 MBq in the hot sphere. Nine measurement sessions including PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and planar images were acquired at activities in the whole phantom ranging from 1618 MBq down to 43 MBq. The visibility of the tumours was appraised based on independent observers' scores. Quantitatively, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) was calculated for both spheres in all images. RESULTS LSF estimation. For high activity in the phantom, PET reconstructions slightly underestimated the LSF; absolute difference was <1.5pp (percent point). For activity <100 MBq, the LSF was overestimated. Both SPECT and planar scintigraphy overestimated the LSF for all activities. Lesion visibility. For SPECT/CT, the cold tumour proved too small to be discernible (CNR <0.5) regardless of the 90Y activity in the liver, while hot sphere was visible for activity >200 MBq (CNR>4). For PET/CT, the cold tumour was only visible with the highest 90Y activity (CNR>4), whereas the hot one was seen for activity >100 MBq (CNR>5). CONCLUSIONS PET/CT may accurately estimate the LSF in a 90Y posttreatment procedure. However, at low activities of about 100 MBq it seems to provide unreliable estimations. PET imaging provided better visualisation of both hot and cold tumours.
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- Anna Budzyńska
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
- Affidea Mazovian PET-CT Medical Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Particle Acceleration Physics and Technology Division (TJ1), Otwock—Świerk, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Radiological Metrology and Biomedical Physics Division (H2), Otwock—Świerk, Poland
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, Otwock - Świerk, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Radiological Metrology and Biomedical Physics Division (H2), Otwock—Świerk, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
- Affidea Mazovian PET-CT Medical Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, Otwock - Świerk, Poland
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Ramdhani K, Braat AJAT. The Evolving Role of Radioembolization in the Treatment of Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:3415. [PMID: 35884479 PMCID: PMC9322914 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14143415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
At diagnosis, 21-50% of neuroendocrine tumors already have distant metastases, of which the liver is most commonly affected. Unfortunately, the presence of neuroendocrine liver metastases (NELM) is the most incriminating factor for survival. At NELM diagnosis, 60-70% of patients suffer from bilobar multifocal disease, making them ineligible for surgical resection. With limited systemic options, a clinical need for liver-directed treatments exists. Trans-arterial (bland) embolization, chemoembolization and radioembolization have been increasingly used in the treatment of NELM. In recent years, radioembolization (also known as selective internal radiation therapy) has gained attention due to promising tumor reductive results, limited toxicities and increasing scientific evidence. This review provides basic insights into radioembolization as a technique, a summary of available literature on radioembolization in NELM, and discusses caveats, challenges and new insights when considering radioembolization in NELM.
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- Department Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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