yttrium-90 radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis

http://saudijgastro.com/article.asp...ume=22;issue=5;spage=353;epage=359;aulast=Jia

Interesting that this paper came out of China, and funded within China.

Zhongzhi Jia¹, Guomin Jiang¹, Feng Tian¹, Chunfu Zhu², Xihu Qin^2
1 Department of Interventional Radiology, Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China
² Department of General Surgery, Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China

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0	mce-anchor   Conclusions

⁰⁹⁰ Y radioembolization is a safe and effective treatment for HCC and PVTT. However, this study lacks adequate power to draw definitive conclusions based on the presented data. A larger cohort might allow more meaningful conclusions and more robust survival data.

Financial support and sponsorship

This study was supported by High-level Medical Talents Training Project of Changzhou (NO. 2016CZBJ009 and NO. 2016CZLJ007). Social Development Fund of Jiangsu Science and Technology (NO. BE2016658). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.