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Has Liver Cancer And Receiving Unsuccessful Treatment. Radiation Injected Into Liver Caused Pain. Suggest?
My son-in-law has had liver cancer for 6 years and the trial treatment he has been receiving has not been successful. Friday he had radiation isotopes injected into the liver in hopes that this would work. He has been in a lot of pain since the procedure and so they did a CT scan that showed the gall bladder was diseased, but not showing and tumors. Should this have been discovered before now? Could this be a reason for his pain that he has also had for the last 6 years?
Fri, 13 Sep 2013
If his gall bladder is diseased then his pain will be in the right upper quadrant or epigastric region of abdomen.
Your son in law has undergone the procedure called Radioembolization.
This newer technique combines embolization with radiation therapy.
This is done by injecting small radioactive beads (called microspheres) into the hepatic artery. Brand names for these beads include TheraSphere® and SIR-Spheres®. Once infused, the beads lodge in the blood vessels near the tumor, where they give off small amounts of radiation to the tumor site for several days. The radiation travels a very short distance, so its effects are limited mainly to the tumor. Long-term data on this treatment isn't yet available, but it has been shown to help tumors shrink.
Possible complications after embolization include abdominal pain, fever, nausea, infection in the liver, gallbladder inflammation, and blood clots in the main blood vessels of the liver. Serious complications are not common, but they are possible.
Regards and take care
Your son in law has undergone the procedure called Radioembolization.
This newer technique combines embolization with radiation therapy.
This is done by injecting small radioactive beads (called microspheres) into the hepatic artery. Brand names for these beads include TheraSphere® and SIR-Spheres®. Once infused, the beads lodge in the blood vessels near the tumor, where they give off small amounts of radiation to the tumor site for several days. The radiation travels a very short distance, so its effects are limited mainly to the tumor. Long-term data on this treatment isn't yet available, but it has been shown to help tumors shrink.
Possible complications after embolization include abdominal pain, fever, nausea, infection in the liver, gallbladder inflammation, and blood clots in the main blood vessels of the liver. Serious complications are not common, but they are possible.
Regards and take care
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