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any experience with yttrium 90 sirtex? i understand it's a radioactive seed=microsphere resin implanted straight to the liver. indicated for nonresectable liver lesions. any survivors with that treatment? and any precautions to take? is it safe being with children in the same house?

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jenaya

On 9/17/2008 sara.47 wrote:

any experience with yttrium 90 sirtex? i understand it's a radioactive seed=microsphere resin implanted straight to the liver. indicated for nonresectable liver lesions. any survivors with that treatment? and any precautions to take? is it safe being with children in the same house?

my husband had sirt treatment 47yrs old had it jan o8 and has shrunk tumors and its safe with children u hav to keep them at a distance for couple of days your doctor will tell al this or so they should do u hav liver as primary or secondary

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kelliejo2

How big were the tumors in your liver. I have a daughter with a 14cm tumor in hers. It's very rare.FHC.

Thanks for any info,

Kellie

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doxygirl

Check out the website www.y90support.org It will give you lots of information and loads of resources about Y90 microspheres.

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points00

In January of this year, I had Y90 radiation injected by a therasphere treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. There were tumors on both sides of my liver, so they could only do the treatment on one side. They later performed chemoembolization on the other side. Both treatments have been effective, however the therasphere with Y90 was the most effective. They can only do a limited number of these treatments because it is radiation. It is an effective treatment. I would suggest that you have a very experienced Interventional Radiologist perform the procedure as they are supposedly the best.

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