Current status of transarterial radioembolization

Figure 1 Case study of a 64-year-old female patient suffering from liver metastases from a midgut neuroendocrine tumor. A: Contrast enhanced MRI shows a large liver metastasis in the right hemiliver; B: Prior to TARE an angiogram of the hepatic arteries was obtained; C: The gastroduodenal artery was occluded with multiple microcoils; D: Contrast enhanced MRI obtained 24 mo after therapy shows a maintained partial response of the liver metastasis. MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; TARE: Transarterial radioembolization.