14/04/2026
🩺 SIA Scanmed in collaboration with SIRTEX Medical and Lithuanian partner UAB ELINS, has introduced SIR-Spheres microspheres treatment, one of the leading procedures in minimally invasive cancer embolization therapies for patients with inoperable liver cancer.
This innovative method of treatment of liver tumors based on the principles of nuclear medicine have been applied in Kaunas clinics. This advanced therapy, which allows a very precise and selective effect on tumor tissues, has been applied for the first time in the Kaunas clinics. The method opens new possibilities for patients suffering from both primary liver tumors and metastatic diseases.
"Moving in the direction of precise and personalized medicine, in Kaunas clinics we began to apply innovative treatment of liver tumors - radioembolization with radioactive Yttrium-90 marked by microspheres, confirmed by the latest clinical research". The success of this modern therapy and maximum patient safety are ensured by close collaboration among a multidisciplinary team—gastroenterologists, oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, and interventional radiologists,” notes the professor Donatas Vajauskas, Head of Kaunas Clinics Nuclear Medical Research Center.
This is a localized treatment method for liver tumors, instead of radical treatment. “The essence of the treatment is that microspheres loaded with radioactive yttrium are delivered to the tumor via the hepatic artery, which causes localized radiation-induced cell death in the tumor,” – explains Paulius Jaruševičius, a radiologist at the Radiology Clinic of Kaunas Clinics.
According to specialists, one of the most important stages of this treatment is careful patient selection and detailed planning of the procedure. “Decisions are made by a multidisciplinary team after evaluating the full spectrum of treatment options—from local radical to systemic treatment. The new therapy allows us to precisely direct particles through an artery to the blood vessels feeding the tumor, assess its blood flow, and ensure that treatment is as effective as possible while preserving as much healthy liver tissue as possible," explains Aurimas Mačionis, Head of the Minimally Invasive Radiological Procedures (MIRP) unit at the Radiology Clinic of Kaunas Clinics.