What is a tare procedure?

TARE allows doctors to deliver radiation treatment directly to the liver using a minimally invasive technique that most patients tolerate with few side effects. “TARE allows us to thread a catheter through a small incision in the patient’s upper thigh thru the artery that goes directly to the liver.

Is Tare better than TACE?

TARE has better health-related quality-of-life metrics and toxicity profile compared with TACE. Although a single TARE versus a single TACE session is more costly, the overall cost favors TARE over TACE for an individual patient with unresectable HCC.

What is Tare for liver cancer?

The concept of TARE is to deliver a radiation dose enough to kill all tumor cells while sparing healthy liver tissue. Boosted SIRT consists of increasing dosage over 200 Gy to the tumor and sparing normal liver tissue, which can maintain a patient’s life.

What is Tare medical term?

Trans-arterial radio-embolization (TARE) is an emerging treatment for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

How long does a tare procedure take?

Radioembolization can take from 1 to 3 hours. It depends on how many tumors are being treated and where they are.

What is a SIRT procedure?

SIRT (sometimes called radioembolization) is a treatment that’s used to destroy liver tumors. During your SIRT treatment, tiny radioactive beads are sent directly to the tumor through the arteries (blood vessels) in your liver. The beads give off radiation over a very short distance.

What is Transarterial Radioembolization?

Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) is a transcatheter intra-arterial procedure performed by the interventional radiologist for the treatment of primary and secondary hepatic cancers.

What does TACE stand for?

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a minimally invasive procedure performed in interventional radiology to restrict a tumor’s blood supply. Small embolic particles coated with chemotherapeutic drugs are injected selectively through a catheter into an artery directly supplying the tumor.

How long does a Y-90 procedure take?

If there are multiple tumors, the procedure may need to be repeated in another blood vessel. The procedure takes about one hour to complete.

How effective is SIRT treatment?

In recent studies, SIRT was most effective in minimizing the risk of tumour progression in the treated lobe and had more of an effect on total liver volume, making it a more suitable modality for selected patients with substantial unilateral disease burden.