Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Single Institution Experience

Table 2

Treatment characteristics: Floxuridine (FUDR) was given with ⁹⁰Y in some of our earlier patients. FUDR (5 mg/kg) was given just prior to administration of the ⁹⁰Y microspheres.

	n (%)	Median	Range
Total number of treatments	90
Patients with 1 treatment	20 (39.2)
Patients with 2 treatments	27 (52.9)
Patients with 4 treatments	4 (7.8)
Radiation dose to target tissue per treatment (Gy)		44.4	12.9–67.2
Radiation activity per treatment (GBq)		0.89	0.16–2.20
FUDR with ^90Y*
Yes	17 (33.3)
No	34 (66.7)
Lung shunt (%)		3.3	0.4–11.5
Treatments terminated early due to embolic process	40 (44.4)
Treatments with ≥80% of prescribed dose administered	67 (74.4)

*Those who had prior hepatic artery chemoinfusion separate from the time of ⁹⁰Y administration are not included in this group.