The Predictive Value of SPECT/CT imaging in colorectal liver metastases response after 90Y-radioembolization

PLoS One. 2018 Jul 10;13(7):e0200488. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200488. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

The mT/N1 ratio, PAD, and AAD can be used as predictors of tumor response to SIRT treatment, and SPECT/CT imaging can be used for dosimetric assessment of radioembolization.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Disease Progression
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Radiometry
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes

Substances

  • Yttrium Radioisotopes
  • Yttrium-90

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.