MVH first with new liver tumor treatment

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Hearing the diagnosis of liver cancer is, for most people, frightening and certainly life altering.

But a local hospital is the first in the area to offer another level of treatment.

Dr. Shannon Kauffman treats liver cancer patients at the Liver Cancer Center of Ohio at Miami Valley South in Centerville.

He says of the thousands of cases of colon cancer, 60 percent will spread to the liver. Most of those cases are not curable.

Dr. Kauffman told us about y-90, an internal therapy that delivers millions of tiny radioactive beads directly to liver tumors.

Some patients have been downstaged and the tumor has been removed surgically with a good prognosis.

Kauffman even says one of his patients was treated and the cancer is now gone.

You can learn more by attending an informational seminar next Wednesday at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.