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Yttrium-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy with Glass Microspheres for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current and Updated Literature Review

2016; Korean Society of Radiology; Volume: 17; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3348/kjr.2016.17.4.472

2005-8330

Edward Lee, Lourdes Alanis, Sung-Ki Cho, Sammy Saab,

Hepatitis B Virus Studies

primary liver cancer and is the second most common cause of death from cancer worldwide, with an estimated 745000 deaths in 2012 (1).It is the fifth most common cancer among men (554000 cases) and the ninth most common cancer in women (228000) (1).The age-adjusted worldwide incidence rates per 100000 for men and women are 15.3 and 5.3, respectively (1).In men, the incidence rates are highest in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (31.9 and 22.22, respectively), intermediate in Southern Europe (9.5) and Northern America (9.3), and the lowest in Northern Europe (4.6) and South-Central Asia (3.7) (1).In women, the rates are generally lower than those in men with the highest rates in Eastern Asia and Western Africa (10.2 and 8.1, respectively) and the lowest in Northern Europe and Micronesia/Polynesia (1.9 and 1.4, respectively) (1).In the United States, an estimated 23000 deaths from liver cancer