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Y-90 liver cancer treatment: What's your experience?

Liver Cancer | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (216)
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@rezmo

I have bile duct cancer with a 5.2cm growth plus several smaller spots on my liver. I would be interested in hearing about this too.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 19, 2022

Hi @rezmo, welcome to the group. Has radioembolization (Y-90) been mentioned as a possible treatment for you? A clinical trial? Is surgery an option for you?

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digibson | @digibson | Apr 21, 2022

I have y90 three times now and to date its killed everything it's shot at. Went for 10 months with no new tumors them another one popped up. I would get y90 every time they would give it to me.

The process is not bad. They will do a "dry run" called mapping using die so they know where to put the radiation beads. About three weeks late they will do the actual shoot with the radiation beads. It zaps my strength and energy and creates a pain in my side that feels like someone stuck a screwdriver in my side (which they control with meds) then about two weeks later I 'm all good. It has a pretty high effective rate and not near as symptomatic as chemo.

I sure would ask an Interventional Radiology doc about it.

Diane

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