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Radioembolisation for treatment of pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma

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Transarterial radioembolisation with yttrium-90 (TARE-Y90), a catheter-directed therapy, has been used extensively in adults to treat primary and secondary hepatic malignancies. To our knowledge, the use of this palliative technique has not been described in children. We present two children with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with TARE-Y90.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA

    Clifford Matthew Hawkins & Kamlesh Kukreja

  2. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    James I. Geller

  3. Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Cincinnati, UC Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Carmen Schatzman & Ross Ristagno

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Hawkins, C.M., Kukreja, K., Geller, J.I. et al. Radioembolisation for treatment of pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma. Pediatr Radiol 43, 876–881 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-012-2568-y

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