Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition
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Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr · Feb 2017
Hepatocellular carcinoma with macrovascular invasion treated with yttrium-90 radioembolization prior to transplantation.
Yttrium-90 microspheres radioembolization (Y90-RE) has shown to be an effective and safe treatment of primary liver tumors. According to the staging system of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC), patients with macrovascular invasion are staged as BCLC-C. This paper comprises a presentation of the results following application of the procedure. ⋯ We reported a short series of patients transplanted after Y90-RE in patients with BCLC stage C. In our experience we achieved acceptable overall and disease-free survival. Eventually, Y90-RE seems to have a place in the downstaging strategy for LT candidates.