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Articles
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (In press). 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. Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals. 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.
- 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.
- Radioembolization with Yttrium-90 Microspheres: An Emerging Transcatheter Embolotherapy Treatment for the Primary and Secondary Liver Tumours. Future Oncology. In press 2007. 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. In press. Kulik L, Atassi B, Van Holsbeeck L, Souman T, Lewandowski RJ, Mulcahy MF, Hunter RD, Nemcek A, Abecassis M, Haines KG, Salem R.
- 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.
