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Lead
St. Joseph's Hospital, Florida
Patient must pass an MAA angiography study to detect abnormal shunting of the vessels to the lungs and stomach. Shunting of the radiation seeds to these areas, if an abnormality exists would be harmful.
Age
18–85
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Documented breast cancer
Clinical evidence of mets to the liver
Performance status of 0-2
Life expectancy of greater equal to 3 months
Not pregnant
4 weeks or more since last radiation therapy
Recovered from all side effects of prior chemotherapy
Not needing concurrent chemotherapy
recovered laboratory values
Bilirubin \< 2.0
You may not be if
Candidate for surgical resection or ablation of liver lesion/s
Prior radiation therapy to the liver
Co-Morbid disease
pulmonary insufficiency
Portal vein thrombosis
Contraindications to angiography
\> 20 % lung shunting on MAA
Diffuse extra-hepatic disease
Concurrent chemotherapy OR capecitabine with 8 weeks
