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Tiny Bubbles May Boost Liver Cancer Treatment and Help Patients Live Longer

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Tiny Bubbles May Boost Liver Cancer Treatment and Help Patients Live Longer

A new study shows that using tiny gas-filled bubbles—called microbubbles—along with radiation therapy may help people with liver cancer respond better to treatment and live longer.

This treatment was tested in a clinical trial with 98 people who had hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer. Everyone received a standard treatment called radioembolization, which uses tiny beads filled with radiation (yttrium-90) to target the tumor. Half of the group also received a new technique using microbubbles activated by ultrasound.

These microbubbles break apart inside the tumor and may make the cancer cells more sensitive to the radiation. The results were promising. Nearly all patients in the microbubble group had either partial or complete response to treatment. That’s compared to only two-thirds in the standard treatment group.

More importantly, patients who got microbubbles lived longer. The treatment didn’t cause any serious side effects, and blood tests and vital signs stayed stable.

This study suggests that adding microbubbles to standard liver cancer treatment could improve results without adding risks. More research is needed, but this offers hope for better outcomes in a cancer that is often hard to treat.

If you or a loved one is facing liver cancer treatment, ask your doctor if microbubble-based therapy is available or being tested in clinical trials.

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