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Radioembolization
Brachytherapy, Intra-arterial
Intra-arterial brachytherapy
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Cancer
Radiotherapy
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Radioisotope brachytherapy
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Therapeutic embolization
Work cat.: Liver radioembolization with 90Y microspheres, c2008.
Yttrium-90 radioembolization: a new cancer treatment paradigm website, Jan. 23, 2009
(this radically new therapy, radioembolization, takes advantage of the body's anatomy to deliver a huge dose of radiation to the tumor and minimal amounts to those areas not affected)
Invision Sally Jobe website, Jan. 23, 2009
(Yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization is an FDA approved, non-surgical procedure used to treat inoperable liver cancer. This innovative procedure delivers targeted, internal radiation therapy directly to the tumor)
Mayo Clinic Web site, Feb. 11, 2009 (also called intra-arterial brachytherapy)
MESH, Jan. 23, 2009