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Tiny radioactive spheres effectively treat cancer that has spread to the liver
10-29-2007 · EurekAlert!Placing tiny radioactive spheres directly into the liver through its blood supply halted growth of tumors that had spread to the organ in 71 percent of patients tested in a small clinical trial, researchers from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville report.
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