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High lung shunt fraction in colorectal liver tumors is associated with distant metastasis and decreased survival.
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR - 1 Oct 2014
Deipolyi Amy R, Iafrate A John, Zhu Andrew X, Ergul Emel A, Ganguli Suvranu, Oklu Rahmi
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PURPOSE: To assess how intratumoral shunting relates to liver metastasis and to clinical outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Lung shunt fraction (LSF) was calculated from macroaggregated albumin scan after transcatheter injection of radioactive particles in 62 patients with colorectal cancer and liver metastases evaluated for selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) from May 2007 to August 2012. Assessment was...
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