Advanced Embolization Methods Used to Treat Liver Cancer
When it comes to treating liver cancer, you want the specialists you are entrusting your health with to offer you the best treatments possible – whether it is done through chemotherapy, radiation, non-surgical procedures, or surgery. At MIVA Medical, we offer the best support through local and specialized surgeons, oncologists, and radiation experts, so you can be provided with the absolute best treatment options for breaking down cancerous tumors.
Dealing with Liver Cancer
You might not know the fact that liver cancer can lead to many other types of tumors that have metastasized (moved) to the liver. HCC, neuroendocrine tumors, melanoma, as well as esophageal, uterine, ovarian, colon and pancreatic cancers are all included in this category.
Liver cancer is primarily treated through a procedure known as “embolization” in which the blood and energy supply for the tumor is cut off at the source. Experts use the arteries to achieve that goal, effectively starving the cancer of oxygen and causing them to shrink – then to gradually disappear completely.
Treating Liver Cancer at MIVA
Choosing the correct type of liver cancer treatment is essential to ensuring superior results and a full recovery. At MIVA, our experts are committed to helping patients achieve that goal through 4 different treatment options: Y90 Radioembolization, Bland Embolization, Chemoembolization, and Percutaneous Thermal Ablation.
These are all diverse types of approaches involving the use of arteries for cutting off blood supply to various tumors. The necessity of each of their uses might be determined depending on the type of cancer you have and how advanced it might be.
Typically, hundreds of thousands of small particles are used to achieve embolization in each given case. In the case of some cancers, particles that provide additional treatment are utilized, aside from just the ones that help to cut off the blood supply. In some cases, particles that emit chemotherapy or radioactive particles might even be employed to zero in on the tumor and help break it down from the inside out.
