New Trial To Test Radiation-emitting Beads Against Advanced Liver Cancer

ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2008) — Liver cancer specialists at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia are beginning an 18-month study of a new treatment for liver cancer. The therapy entails injecting tiny beads that emit small amounts of radiation into the liver’s main artery while also blocking the blood supply feeding the cancer’s growth.

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