Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report

For liver metastases (LM), image guided percutaneous ablative procedures such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), laser induced thermal therapy (LITT) and trans-arterial chemo-embolisation (TACE) are increasingly being used because they are relatively safer, less invasive and equally effective. CT sca...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Daya Nand, Thulkar, Sanjay, Kumar, Rakesh, Rath, Goura Kishor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853472
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2010.16922
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Sumario:For liver metastases (LM), image guided percutaneous ablative procedures such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), laser induced thermal therapy (LITT) and trans-arterial chemo-embolisation (TACE) are increasingly being used because they are relatively safer, less invasive and equally effective. CT scan guided interstitial brachytherapy (IBT) with a single large dose of radiation by high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a novel technique of treating LM and has shown good results. Positron emission tomography (PET) scan may provide better information for assessing the response to IBT procedures. We hereby report a case of LM that was treated by HDR IBT and PET scan was done in addition to CT scan for assessing the response.

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