Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Giovanni Vennarecci

Publications

• Special Issue Article
  Experiences in Hepatic Surgery and Transplantation after Radioembolization
  Author(s): Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Giovanni Vennarecci, Roberto Santoro, Lucia Miglioresi, Pasquale Lepiane, Marco Colasanti, Enrico Moroni, Andrea Laurenzi, Lidia Colace, Rosa Sciuto, Livio Carpanese and Mario AntoniniGiuseppe Maria Ettorre, Giovanni Vennarecci, Roberto Santoro, Lucia Miglioresi, Pasquale Lepiane, Marco Colasanti, Enrico Moroni, Andrea Laurenzi, Lidia Colace, Rosa Sciuto, Livio Carpanese and Mario Antonini
  
  Yttrium-90 microspheres radioembolization has shown to be an effective modality of treatment in patients with primary or metastatic liver tumours [1-4]. It is usually offered to patients with advanced liver cancers. However, surgical experience after radioembolization is very limited to anecdotal cases mainly related to hepatocellular carcinoma. We have treated patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or liver metastasis mainly from colon, breast, melanoma and neuroendocrine tumours. In our experience after such treatment we were able to downstage the tumour to surgery only in the case of hepatocellular carcinoma. Five patients had liver transplantation and 1 had right hepatic resection after Yttrium-90 microspheres radioembolization. Of note 2 patients had neoplastic infiltration of a portal vein branch which resolved after treatment with Yttrium-90 microspheres radioembolization. Th.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000109

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