SIRT treatment
By Edith Raffn, doctor – PhD – raffn@dadlnet.dk
SIRT is an abbreviation for: Selective Internal Radio Therapy. SIRT involves injecting a radioactive substance, Yttrium 90, attached to microspheres, into the hepatic artery with a catheter. The first study describing the method dates back to 1969. Since 2010, Sweden has used the method both for the treatment of primary liver cancer and for the treatment of metastases to the liver.
The first person to receive SIRT treatment in Denmark in 2013 was a 58-year-old patient with primary liver cancer. The treatment took place at Aarhus University Hospital and Ytrium90 was flown in from Australia. In addition to Danish specialists, specialists from the Netherlands and Belgium also participated.
As stated in the article above, the method in Denmark will only be used in the treatment of primary liver cancer and not
liver metastases from other organs.
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