Arteriogram for Liver Cancer

Three different types of particles are used with this treatment:

• Y90 Radioembolization
• Chemoembolization
• Bland Embolization

Y90 Radioembolization

We are currently the only outpatient clinic in Colorado capable of performing the Y90 radioembolization procedure.

Embolization is performed to cut off or disrupt the blood supply in order to shrink or kill a tumor.

A Y90 treatment is a form of targeted radiation therapy utilized to treat liver cancer tumors. Microscopic radioactive spheres are injected through a catheter directly into the blood vessels that feed the tumor, simultaneously cutting off the blood supply and radiating the tumor at the same time. Once there, they emit radiation for a period of about a month, killing the tumors from the inside. The name Y90 comes from tiny beads that contain a radioactive substance called Yttrium-90.

Success rates vary widely depending on the type of cancer treated and the type of embolization performed.

Chemoembolization

Embolization is performed to cut off or disrupt the blood supply in order to shrink or kill a tumor.

A Chemoembolization treatment is a form of targeted radiation therapy utilized to treat liver cancer tumors. Microscopic spheres that emit chemotherapy are injected through a catheter directly into the blood vessels that feed the tumor, simultaneously cutting off the blood supply while also emitting chemotherapy directly into the tumor.

Success rates vary widely depending on the type of cancer treated and the type of embolization performed.

Bland Embolization

Embolization is performed to cut off or disrupt the blood supply in order to shrink or kill a tumor.

A Bland Embolization treatment is a form of targeted therapy utilized to treat liver cancer tumors. Microscopic particles – with no chemotherapy or radioactivity – are injected through a catheter directly into the arteries that feed the tumor in order to starve the tumor that will shrink it or kill it.

Success rates vary widely depending on the type of cancer treated and the type of embolization performed.