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Willink, Ysbrand (author)Introduction: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma holds one of the worst prognosis of all known malignancies. Local treatment options for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer may increase tumor control and benefit patient survival. This study aimed to test the feasibility of a possible new treatment method utilizing intratumoral holmium...master thesis 2021
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de Vries, Martijn (author)Brain cancer is a major health problem and currently used treatment methods are considered suboptimal. Micro-brachytherapy with radioactive Holmium-166 showed to be an effective palliative care method for primary and metastatic brain tumors and intratumoral administration with holmium microspheres (HoMS) showed very promising results with...master thesis 2018
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Bult, W. (author), Seevinck, P.R. (author), Krijger, G.C. (author), Visser, T. (author), Kroon-Batenburg, L.M.J. (author), Bakker, C.J.G. (author), Hennink, W.E. (author), Van het Schip, A.D. (author), Nijsen, J.F.W. (author)Purpose The aim of this study was to develop microspheres with an ultra high holmium content which can be neutron activated for radioablation of malignancies. These microspheres are proposed to be delivered selectively through either intratumoral injections into solid tumors or administered via an intravascularly placed catheter. Methods...journal article