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2. Selective internal radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Whole liver SIRT targets the entire liver in one treatment and can be used when the disease is spread throughout the liver. Radiation lobectomy targets one of the two liver lobes and can be a good treatment option when only a single lobe is involved or when treating the whole liver in two separate treatments, one lobe at the time.

3. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt - Wikipedia

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   A TIPS procedure decreases the effective vascular resistance of the liver through the creation of an alternative pathway for portal venous circulation. By creating a shunt from the portal vein to the hepatic vein, this intervention allows portal blood an alternative avenue for draining into systemic circulation.

4. Sirtex - Wikipedia

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   Sirtex Medical Limited is a medical device firm that offers radioactive treatment for inoperable liver cancer called SIR-Spheres microspheres. [1] Sirtex was founded in 1997 in Australia and today has offices and production facilities in the U.S., Australia, Germany, and Singapore.

5. Interventional oncology - Wikipedia

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   Liver: primary liver tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma and liver metastases are often treated by procedures such as transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT/Y-90 radioembolization), portal vein embolization, transarterial/bland embolization, or image guided ablation (RFA, MWA ...

6. SIR-Spheres - Wikipedia

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   SIR-Spheres microspheres are used to treat patients with unresectable liver cancer. These are mostly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), or metastatic neuroendocrine tumours (mNET). [1] Therapy goals are local disease control, downstaging to resection, bridging to transplantation, and extended ...

7. Liver support system - Wikipedia

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   A liver support system or diachysis is a type of therapeutic device to assist in performing the functions of the liver. Such systems focus either on removing the accumulating toxins (liver dialysis), or providing additional replacement of the metabolic functions of the liver through the inclusion of hepatocytes to the device (bioartificial liver device).