Selective Internal Radiation Therapy and Capecitabine (Chemotherapy) Treatment for Liver Cancer

Capecitabine will given at 1250mg/m², 2 times a day with an interval of about 12 hours between two intakes, 2 weeks on, 1 week off, for 4 pre-surgery cycles.

During the first week of cycle 2 of capecitabine, patients will receive SIRT using Yttrium-90 glass microspheres. Treatment with Yttrium-90 glass microspheres requires two steps, one or two weeks apart. Both stages are performed under local anesthesia after a short hospitalization : the treatment simulation and therapeutic angiography.

Surgery will be performed according to local practice.