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• Complications following radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres: a comprehensive literature review. Riaz A, Lewandowski RJ, Kulik LM, Mulcahy MF, Sato KT, Ryu RK, Omary RA, Salem R. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Sep;20(9):1121-30; quiz 1131. Epub 2009 Jul 29. PMID: 19640737 [PubMed – in process]

• Radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma using Yttrium-90 microspheres: a comprehensive report of long-term outcomes. Salem R, Lewandowski RJ, Mulcahy MF, Riaz A, Ryu RK, Ibrahim S, Atassi B, Baker T, Gates V, Miller FH, Sato KT, Wang E, Gupta R, Benson AB, Newman SB, Omary RA, Abecassis M, Kulik L. Gastroenterology. 2009 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19766639 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

• Alpha-Fetoprotein Response After Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Oncologic Marker of Radiologic Response, Progression, and Survival. Riaz A, Ryu RK, Kulik LM, Mulcahy MF, Lewandowski RJ, Minocha J, Ibrahim SM, Sato KT, Baker T, Miller FH, Newman S, Omary R, Abecassis M, Benson AB 3rd, Salem R. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19805671 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

• Optimization of Radioembolic Effect with Extended-shelf-life Yttrium-90 Microspheres: Results from a Pilot Study. Lewandowski RJ, Riaz A, Ryu RK, Mulcahy MF, Sato KT, Kulik LM, Gates VL, Baker T, Omary R, Salem R. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19854068 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

• Radiation Lobectomy: Preliminary Findings of Hepatic Volumetric Response to Lobar Yttrium-90 Radioembolization.

• Minimally Invasive Techniques in Management of Hepatic Neuroendocrine Metastatic Disease.

• Radioembolization of colorectal hepatic metastases using yttrium-90 microspheres.

• Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt with Thrombectomy for the Treatment of Portal Vein Thrombosis After Liver Transplantation.

• Respiratory self-gating for free-breathing abdominal phase-contrast blood flow measurements.

• A Simple Fluoroscopic Approach to Percutaneous Transgastric Cystgastrostomy with Internalized Drainage Catheter for Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Report of Two Cases.

• Treatment Parameters and Outcome in 680 Treatments of Internal Radiation With Resin (90)Y-Microspheres for Unresectable Hepatic Tumors.

• Radiologic-pathologic correlation of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with internal radiation using yttrium-90 microspheres.

• Radiologic findings following Y90 radioembolization for primary liver malignancies. Abdom Imaging. 2008 Sep 7. Ibrahim SM, Nikolaidis P, Miller FH, Lewandowski RJ, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Senthilnathan S, Riaz A, Kulik L, Mulcahy MF, Omary RA, Salem R.

• Treatment of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma using yttrium-90 microspheres: results from a pilot study. Cancer. 2008 Oct 15;113(8):2119-28. Ibrahim SM, Mulcahy MF, Lewandowski RJ, Sato KT, Ryu RK, Masterson EJ, Newman SB, Benson A 3rd, Omary RA, Salem R.

• Tumor response after yttrium-90 radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of diffusion-weighted functional MR imaging with anatomic MR imaging. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Aug;19(8):1180-6. Rhee TK, Naik NK, Deng J, Atassi B, Mulcahy MF, Kulik LM, Ryu RK, Miller FH, Larson AC, Salem R, Omary RA.

• Radioembolization for unresectable neuroendocrine hepatic metastases using resin 90Y-microspheres: early results in 148 patients. Am J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jun;31(3):271-9. Kennedy AS, Dezarn WA, McNeillie P, Coldwell D, Nutting C, Carter D, Murthy R, Rose S, Warner RR, Liu D, Palmedo H, Overton C, Jones B, Salem R.

• 90Y Radioembolization for metastatic neuroendocrine liver tumors: preliminary results from a multi-institutional experience. Ann Surg. 2008 Jun;247(6):1029-35. Rhee TK, Lewandowski RJ, Liu DM, Mulcahy MF, Takahashi G, Hansen PD, Benson AB 3rd, Kennedy AS, Omary RA, Salem R.

• Venous thromboembolic disease. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2008 Sep;6(8):716-53. Wagman LD, Baird MF, Bennett CL, Bockenstedt PL, Cataland SR, Fanikos J, Fogarty PF, Goldhaber SZ, Grover TS, Haire W, Hassoun H, Hutchinson S, Jahanzeb M, Lee J, Linenberger ML, Millenson MM, Ortel TL, Salem R, Smith JL, Streiff MB, Vedantham S; National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

• Comparison of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha expression before and after transcatheter arterial embolization in rabbit VX2 liver tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Oct;19(10):1483-9. Virmani S, Rhee TK, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Lewandowski RJ, Mulcahy MF, Kulik LM, Szolc-Kowalska B, Woloschak GE, Yang GY, Salem R, Larson AC, Omary RA.

• MR Tracking of Iron-labeled Glass Radioembolization Microspheres during Transcatheter Delivery to Rabbit VX2 Liver Tumors: Feasibility Study. Radiology. 2008 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print]. Gupta T, Virmani S, Neidt TM, Szolc-Kowalska B, Sato KT, Ryu RK, Lewandowski RJ, Gates VL, Woloschak GE, Salem R, Omary RA, Larson AC.

• Incidence of radiation pneumonitis after hepatic intra-arterial radiotherapy with yttrium-90 microspheres assuming uniform lung distribution. Am J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct;31(5):431-8. Salem R, Parikh P, Atassi B, Lewandowski RJ, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Gates VL, Ibrahim S, Mulcahy MF, Kulik L, Liu DM, Riaz A, Omary RA, Kennedy AS.

• Four-dimensional Transcatheter Intraarterial Perfusion MR Imaging for Monitoring Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Preliminary Results. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print]. Gaba RC, Wang D, Lewandowski RJ, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Kulik LM, Mulcahy MF, Larson AC, Salem R, Omary RA.

• Comparison of two different methods for inoculating VX2 tumors in rabbit livers and hind limbs.

• MR imaging perfusion mismatch: a technique to verify successful targeting of liver tumors during transcatheter arterial chemoembolization.

• Safety and efficacy of (90)Y radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with and without portal vein thrombosis. Hepatology. 2007 Nov 20. Kulik LM, Carr BI, Mulcahy MF, Lewandowski RJ, Atassi B, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Benson A 3rd, Nemcek AA Jr, Gates VL, Abecassis M, Omary RA, Salem R.

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Venous thromboembolic disease. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2006 Oct;4(9):838-69. Wagman LD, Baird MF, Bennett CL, Bockenstedt PL, Cataland SR, Fanikos J, Fogarty PF, Goldhaber SZ, Grover TS, Haire W, Hassoun H, Jahanzeb M, Leung LL, Linenberger ML, Millenson MM, Ortel TL, Salem R, Smith JL, Streiff MB.

• Recommendations for Radioembolization of Hepatic Malignancies Using Yttrium-90 (Y90) Microsphere Brachytherapy: A Consensus Panel Report from the Radioembolization Brachytherapy Oncology Consortium (REBOC). International Journal of Radiation Biology and Physics. Andrew Kennedy, Subir Nag, Riad Salem, Ravi Murthy, Alexander J. McEwan, Charlie Nutting, Al Benson Joseph Espat, Jose Ignacio Bilbao, Ricky A Sharma, James P Thomas, Douglas Coldwell.

• Regional Yttrium-90 Microsphere Treatment of Surgically Unresectable and Chemotherapy-Refractory Metastatic Liver Carcinoma. Aug 2006, Vol. 21, No. 4: 305-313. Ching-Yee Oliver Wong, Michael Savin, Kanchi M. Sherpa, Feng Qing, Janice Campbell, Vanessa L. Gates, Robert J. Lewandowski, Vincent Cheng, Joseph Thie, Darlene Fink-Bennett, Conrad Nagle, Riad Salem.

• Radioembolization with Yttrium-90 Microspheres: An Emerging Transcatheter Embolotherapy Treatment for the Primary and Secondary Liver Tumours. Future Oncology. Gates VL, Atassi B, Lewandowski RJ, Salem R.

• Radioembolization with 90Yttrium Microspheres – A State of the Art Brachytherapy Treatment for Primary and Secondary Liver Malignancies Part 1: Technical and Methodological Considerations. J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2006. 17(8): p. 1251-1278. Salem R, Thurston KG.

• Radioembolization with 90Yttrium Microspheres – A State of the Art Brachytherapy Treatment for Primary and Secondary Liver Malignancies Part 2: Special Topics. J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2006. 17(9):1425-39. Salem R, Thurston KG

• Radioembolization with 90Yttrium Microspheres – A State of the Art Brachytherapy Treatment for Primary and Secondary Liver Malignancies Part 3: Comprehensive Literature review and Future Directions. J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2006 Oct;17(10):1571-93. Salem R, Thurston KG.

• Yttrium-90 Microspheres (TheraSphere®) Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Downstaging to Resection, RFA and Bridge to Transplantation. Journal of Surgical Oncology. Kulik L, Atassi B, Van Holsbeeck L, Souman T, Lewandowski RJ, Mulcahy MF, Hunter RD, Nemcek A, Abecassis M, Haines KG, Salem R.

• Radiographic Response to Yttrium-90 Radioembolization in Anterior Versus Posterior Liver Segments. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008 May 29. Ibrahim SM, Lewandowski RJ, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Gates VL, Mulcahy MF, Kulik L, Larson AC, Omary RA, Salem R.

• Transcatheter therapy for hepatic malignancy: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Dec;18(12):1469-78. Brown DB, Gould JE, Gervais DA, Goldberg SN, Murthy R, Millward SF, Rilling WS, Geschwind JF, Salem R, Vedantham S, Cardella JF, Soulen MC.

• Radioembolization with 90Y microspheres: technical considerations. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Nov;18(11):1460-1. Salem R.

• Radiation dose limits and liver toxicities resulting from multiple yttrium-90 radioembolization treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Nov;18(11):1375-82. Young JY, Rhee TK, Atassi B, Gates VL, Kulik L, Mulcahy MF, Larson AC, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Lewandowski RJ, Omary RA, Salem R.

• Technical aspects of radioembolization with (90)y microspheres. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Mar;10(1):12-29. Salem R, Lewandowski RJ, Sato KT, Atassi B, Ryu RK, Ibrahim S, Nemcek AA Jr, Omary RA, Madoff DC, Murthy R.

• Reduction of arteriohepatovenous shunting by temporary balloon occlusion in patients undergoing radioembolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Oct;18(10):1310-4. Bester L, Salem R.

• Effect of C-arm angiographic CT on transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of liver tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Oct;18(10):1305-9. Virmani S, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Lewandowski RJ, Kulik L, Mulcahy MF, Larson AC, Salem R, Omary RA.

• Comparison of transcatheter intraarterial perfusion MR imaging and fluorescent microsphere perfusion measurements during transcatheter arterial embolization of rabbit liver tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Oct;18(10):1280-6. Virmani S, Wang D, Harris KR, Ryu RK, Sato KT, Lewandowski RJ, Nemcek AA Jr, Szolc-Kowalska B, Woloschak G, Salem R, Larson AC, Omary RA.

• MR imaging assessment of changes in renal function with renal artery stent placement in swine. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Nov;18(11):1409-16. Park JK, Rhee TK, Cashen TA, Shin W, Resnick SA, Gehl JA, Schirf BE, Wang D, Larson AC, Carroll TJ, Omary RA.

• Use of a combined MR imaging and interventional radiology suite for intraprocedural monitoring of uterine artery embolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Nov;18(11):1362-7. Vin AP, Rhee TK, Ryu RK, Larson AC, Nikolaidis P, Chrisman HB, Vogelzang RL, Omary RA.

• Emerging approaches in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2007 Oct;41(9):839-54. Kulik LM, Mulcahy MF, Omary RA, Salem R.

• Transarterial hepatic radioembolization of yttrium-90 microspheres. British Imaging and Intervention Journal. 2006; 2(3):e43. Murthy R, Habbu A, Salem R.

• Multishot Diffusion-Weighted Propeller Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Abdomen. Invest Radiol. 2006 Oct;41(10):769-775. Deng J, Miller FH, Salem R, Omary RA, Larson AC.

• Diffusion-weighted MRI for determination of hepatocellular carcinoma response to Yttrium-90 Radioembolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2006 Jul;17(7):1195-200. Deng J, Miller FH, Rhee TK, Sato KT, Mulcahy MF, Kulik LM, Salem R, Omary RA, Larson AC.

• Comparison between intravenous and intraarterial contrast injection for dynamic 3D MRI of liver tumors in the VX2 rabbit model. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Jul;24(1):242-7. Larson AC, Rhee TK, Deng J, Wang D, Sato TK, Salem R, Paunesku T, Mulcahy MF, Li D, Omary RA.

• In Vivo Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Liver Tumor Necrosis in the VX2 Rabbit Model at 1.5 Tesla. Invest Radiol 2006 Apr;41(4):410-414. Deng J, Rhee TK, Sato KT, Salem R, Haines K, Paunesku T, Mulcahy MF, Miller FH, Omary RA, Larson AC.

• Successful Embolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres Prior to Liver Transplantation. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2006 Mar;10(3):413-6. Kim DY, Kwon DS, Salem R, Chan KM, Abouljoud M.