Nuclear medicine therapy increases survival for patients with colorectal cancer, liver metastases

For patients who fail to respond to current first-line and second-line treatments for colorectal cancer liver metastases, radioembolization with Y-90 microspheres could extend survival according to new research. A systematic review showed that approximately 50 percent of salvage patients have an overall survival of more than 12 months after this nuclear medicine therapy.

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