Tag: Therasphere
EPOCH trial reignites radioembolization as treatment for colorectal liver metastases
In the trial, radioembolization (also called selective internal radiation therapy ) using glass beads (Therasphere; Boston Scientific) containing radioactive yttrium (Y-90) was used as...
Late-breaking data indicate improved progression-free survival following TheraSphere treatment
Late-breaking trial data has demonstrated improved progression-free survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after treatment with TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres (Boston Scientific).
Findings from...
Boston Scientific receives FDA approval for TheraSphere Y-90 glass microspheres
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have granted approval of the TheraSphere Y-90 glass microspheres (Boston Scientific), developed for the treatment of patients...
NICE recommends selective internal radiation therapies for the treatment of hepatocellular...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance recommending the use of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for the treatment...
New trial investigating combination therapy of radioembolization and immunotherapy in HCC...
The Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO) and Boston Scientific have announced a new multicentre, prospective, randomised trial to study combination therapy of radioembolization and...
Northwestern University adopts radioembolization with TheraSphere as first-line treatment for HCC
BTG has announced that following positive results of its 15-year experience between 2003 and 2017 with TheraSphere, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA, has adopted Y-90...
SIRT significantly better tolerated than sorafenib, but does not increase overall...
The 459-patient randomised controlled SARAH study shows that local treatments of advanced or inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma with selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) did not...
BTG and Mirada Medical announce CE mark certification for Simplicit90Y dosimetry...
BTG and Mirada Medical announced CE mark certification for the Simplicit90Y dosimetry software, designed to optimise the planning of Y-90 selective internal radiation therapy...
