Hepatopulmonary Shunting: A Prognostic Indicator of Survival in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Treated with 90Y Radioembolization

Autor: Mohammed S. A. Suhail, Charles W. Nutting, Sabine Schirm, Samir Kanani, Michael Cohn, Fred M. Moeslein, Kazim H. Narsinh, Samuel G. Putnam, David Ball, Alain Drooz, Steven C. Rose, Andrew S. Kennedy, Naif Alsaikhan, Michael Savin, Jeet Minocha, Eduardo Ehrenwald, Eric A. Wang, Carl K. Hoh, Douglas M. Coldwell, Mark Van Buskirk, Kenneth G. Thurston, Navesh K. Sharma, Steven J. Cohen
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Radiology. 282:281-288
ISSN: 1527-1315
0033-8419
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016152100
Popis: In patients undergoing hepatic radioembolization for metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma, increased lung shunt fraction is predictive of significantly decreased survival but demonstrates only a weak correlation with serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels and tumor-to-liver volume ratio and no correlation to the presence or absence of extrahepatic metastatic disease.
Databáze: OpenAIRE