Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT): SIR-Spheres

Records Needed to Establish Eligibility for Treatment

If you think that you or your family member may be eligible for SIR-Spheres treatment, please have the following key medical records sent to us. This information will help us to determine whether Selective Internal Radiation Therapy is a good treatment option for a particular patient. Our treatment team meets regularly to review potential patient records. Once we receive the necessary records, we should be able to provide an answer in one week.

Essential records include:

Pathology Report (from the original surgery and from a liver biopsy if done)
Reports from the most recent CT or MRI scans of the chest, abdomen and pelvis
Reports from PET scan if done
Reports from your most recent blood tests, including a CBC with differential, Liver Function Tests with Bilirubin, Electrolytes, BUN and Creatinine, PT&PTT
Copy of the first Medical Oncology consultation and more recent oncology Progress Notes.

Please feel free to contact our Patient Referral Coordinator with any questions. Records may be Faxed or e-mailed.

Rosemary Wilson
Patient Referral Coordinator
University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
22 S. Greene Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: 410-328-7904
Fax: 410-328-3018

This page was last updated on: December 19, 2007.