New Trial To Test Radiation-emitting Beads Against Advanced Liver Cancer

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New Trial To Test Radiation-emitting Beads Against Advanced Liver Cancer - 12-02-2008, 03:11 PM

Liver cancer specialists are beginning an 18-month study of a new treatment for liver cancer. The therapy entails injecting tiny beads that emit small amounts of radiation into the liver's main artery while also blocking the blood supply feeding the cancer's growth. The technique, called radioembolization, has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for use in inoperable liver cancer.

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