Minimally Invasive Treatments, and Supporting
Services Available
- y90 Radioembolization
- Tumor Microwave Ablation
- Tumor Cryoablation
y90 Radioembolization
What Is y90?
Am I A Candidate?
y90 is only suitable for patients who have liver tumors where either the liver is the only site of disease, or the liver is the major site of the disease. SIRT has no effect on tumors outside the liver.
Goals of y90 radioembolization:
What to expect?
60-to-90-minute procedure done in an outpatient setting
No overnight stay
#1 side effect is nausea
Mild fever for about a week
Fatigue that could last several weeks
Workflow Phases
Phase 1: Pretreatment & Phase Assessment
Phase 2: Imaging and screening evaluation
Phase 3: Treatment Planning
Phase 4: Treatment
Tumor Ablation
What is ablation?
Ablation is an image-guided, non-surgical treatment in which interventional radiologists guide a needle-tipped catheter directly into a tumor, then shrink or destroy the tumor with extreme heat or cold.
We use two different kinds of ablation to treat tumors:
- Cryoablation, a technique in which we circulate argon and helium gas through the needle, lowering the temperature in the tumor to -40°C for several minutes.
- Microwave ablation, in which we transmit electromagnetic microwaves through the needle; these agitate water molecules in the tumor cells, creating enough heat to destroy the tumor cells.
Am I a candidate for tumor ablation?
Ablation is currently a standard treatment for inoperable liver tumors, and it is being increasingly used for other cancers including the kidney. People with inoperable tumors, or who have other medical problems that make them high-risk for surgery, may be candidates for ablation.
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