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CC BY 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2023; 07(02): 107-109
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1775725
Case Report

Complete Long-Term Response to Radioembolization of Hepatic Metastases from Undifferentiated Uterine Sarcoma

Fuad Barakat
1   Interdisciplinary Tumor Board, Clinical Cancer Center, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Andrea Regine Volker
1   Interdisciplinary Tumor Board, Clinical Cancer Center, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Dirk Warth
1   Interdisciplinary Tumor Board, Clinical Cancer Center, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Martin Binnenhei
1   Interdisciplinary Tumor Board, Clinical Cancer Center, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Peter Reimer 
1   Interdisciplinary Tumor Board, Clinical Cancer Center, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Klaus Tatsch
1   Interdisciplinary Tumor Board, Clinical Cancer Center, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Abstract

We report a case of long-term complete response to selective intra-arterial radiation therapy in a 48-year-old female patient with metastatic liver disease from undifferentiated uterine sarcoma.

Keywords

chemotherapy - liver - metastases - sarcoma - uterus


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Article published online:
13 November 2023

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