SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres improves quality of survival

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Patients with advanced or inoperable Hepatocellular Carcinoma who usually received one or two treatments with liver-directed SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres in the 459-patient French SARAH study had similar survival compared to patients who received standard twice-daily systemic treatment with sorafenib, but with less than half the number and significantly fewer severe treatment-related adverse effects and significantly better Quality of Life, according to data presented here at The International Liver Congress 2017.

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