Researchers at Beaumont Hospitals in Michigan have conducted a study indicating that the use of radioactive beads (microbeads), implanted in advanced colon cancer patients with liver tumors may extend survival versus patients on chemotherapy alone.
Study author Dr. Dmitry Goldin and his colleagues reviewed the medical records of 39 patients with advanced colon cancer; these patients underwent radioembolization, a nonsurgical procedure, whereby "tiny radioactive beads [are placed] near inoperable liver tumors. 30 of the patients were pre-treated with Avastin, a drug which limits growth of new blood vessels that feed tumors. Results indicated that the microbeads extended patient life spans by 10 to 12 months.
Click here to read more about this study, which was presented January 19, 2013 at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (Miami Beach, Florida)
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