Transarterial radioembolization for liver tumors as neoadjuvant therapy: three case reports

• Published in: Einstein (São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 18; p. eRC4990
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Vithor de Oliveira, Galastri, Francisco Leonardo, Affonso, Breno Boueri, Falsarella, Priscila Mina, Valle, Leonardo Guedes Moreira, Ferraz-Neto, Ben-Hur, Rezende, Marcelo Bruno de, Motta-Leal-Filho, Joaquim Maurício da, Garcia, Rodrigo Gobbo, Nasser, Felipe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 01-01-2020
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Bile Duct Neoplasms - therapy; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - therapy; Case Report; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic - methods; Cholangiocarcinoma; Cholangiocarcinoma - therapy; Disease Progression; Embolization, therapeutic/methods; Female; Humans; Liver neoplasms; Liver Neoplasms - therapy; Male; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; Middle Aged; Neoadjuvant therapy; Neoadjuvant Therapy - methods; Radioembolization; Treatment Outcome; Yttrium Radioisotopes; Neoadjuvant therapy; Radioembolização; Neoplasias hepáticas; Terapia neoadjuvante; Embolization, therapeutic/methods; Colangiocarcinoma; Radioembolization; Embolização terapêutica/métodos; Liver neoplasms; Cholangiocarcinoma
• ISSN: 1679-4508; 2317-6385; 2317-6385
• DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RC4990

Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with yttrium-90 microspheres is a palliative locoregional treatment, minimally invasive for liver tumors. The neoadjuvant aim of this treatment is still controversial, however, selected cases with lesions initially considered unresectable have been enframed as candidates for curative therapy after hepatic transarterial radioembolization. We report three cases in which the hepatic transarterial radioembolization was used as neoadjuvant therapy in an effective way, allowing posterior potentially curative therapies.