Radiation lobectomy
id:
radiation-lobectomy-308-8521866
title:
Radiation lobectomy
text:
Radiation lobectomy is a form of radiation therapy used in interventional radiology to treat liver cancer. It is performed in patients that would be surgical candidates for resection, but cannot undergo surgery due to insufficient remaining liver tissue. It consists of injecting small radioactive beads loaded with yttrium-90 into the hepatic artery feeding the hepatic lobe in which the tumor is located. This is done with the intent of inducing growth in the contralateral hepatic lobe, not dissim
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_lobectomy
date created:
date modified:
2023-09-17T12:23:17Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q48783507","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q48783507"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
13