Cusnir on the Benefits of SIR-Spheres® Y-90 Resin Microspheres in mCRC

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In today’s episode, sponsored by Sirtex Medical, we had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Cusnir, MD, chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology and co-director of Gastrointestinal Malignancies at Mount Sinai Medical Center, to discuss the use of SIR-Spheres^® Y-90 resin microspheres from Sirtex Medical in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).

Chemotherapy can be effective in all lines of therapy for patients with CRC, but it can also produce high toxicities. Current research is investigating treatment options using Y-90 resin for patients that would allow them to avoid some of the toxicities associated with chemotherapy while increasing their treatment tolerance and prolonging their survival.

Y-90 resin shows potential as a maintenance therapy in patients with CRC that is localized in the liver who are looking to de-escalate chemotherapy. The microspheres can be leveraged in selective internal radiation therapy, where precise disease management is crucial.

In our exclusive interview, Dr Cusnir reviewed the benefits of isolating the liver in early CRC treatment, how patients have tolerated Y-90 therapy, and situations in which Y-90 therapy would be most effective for patients with CRC.

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