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"Mount Sinai First Hospital to Treat Liver Cancer with Radiopaque Bead"

  • Intervention Oncology 360
  • (March 22, 2016)

An innovative cancer treatment made of luminescent chemotherapy-filled beads injected into tumors through the wrist is now available for patients with inoperable and difficult-to-treat liver cancer. The Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH) has become the first in the country to offer the minimally invasive treatment using the M1 LUMI™ Bead loaded with doxorubicin, a chemotherapy agent.

In the news:

http://www.interventionaloncology360.com/content/mount-sinai-first-hospital-treat-liver-cancer-radiopaque-bead

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/tmsh-msf032216.php

http://www.managedcaremag.com/news/first-time-us-mount-sinai-treats-liver-cancer-radiopaque-beads