June 5, 2017—Sirtex Medical Limited announced that a head-to-head study has shown that selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with the company’s Sir-Spheres yttrium-90 (Y-90) resin microspheres, administered once directly to the liver, offers important benefits compared with twice-daily oral doses of sorafenib, the current standard of care for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Results of the…
DetailsMany people know of MTV IR because our expertise in interventional oncology has led to us being considered some of the best liver cancer doctors in Dallas, and our Walnut Hill Medical Center facility as one of the best cancer treatment centers in Dallas. But there are other areas of health care that MTV IR…
DetailsAmong the over 35,000 patients diagnosed with liver cancer in America every year, fewer than 40% of them are candidates for surgical resection of their tumors. This may be because the tumors are too large or too numerous to remove via surgery, or too close to major arteries. This is why treating liver cancer in…
DetailsOne of the first questions that people ask us when they see that our practice is named MTV IR is, “What is IR?” Well, radiology uses visualization technologies such as ultrasound, X-ray fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) to allow the best cancer treatment centers in Dallas to look below the surface…
DetailsOne of the first questions that people ask us when they see that our practice is named MTV IR is, “What is IR?” Well, radiology uses visualization technologies such as ultrasound, X-ray fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) to allow the best cancer treatment centers in Dallas to look below the surface…
DetailsThe relatively new field of interventional radiology (IR) has revolutionized medicine, because it uses X-rays and other imaging techniques to “see” beneath the skin while guiding narrow tubes called catheters or other tiny instruments to the exact site of a problem. Thus, they are able to treat these problems without the risks, pain, scarring, and…
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