Chemo Embolization VS. Y-90 Radio Embolization

Hi All-
We went to Johns Hopkins for my mom, and were told (as we suspected) that her ICC is unresectable due to spread to the right side of the liver. They recommended chemo embolization, but the one doctor also said that radio embolization is also an option. He said there has not been as much research done on Radio Embolization as chemo, so we are scheduled to have Chemo Emb on Weds.

However, I just spoke with Dr. Kato’s PA, and she said that radio embolization may be a better place to start. Does anyone have any experience of one working better than the other? They’re not sure if surgery will ever be an option, but I am keeping hope that it one day will be if the tumors shrink or die on the right side. Any insight you can provide would be helpful–thanks!

(Just as background, she has >30 tumors on her liver…majority on the left side with a few on the right side. She is 57 years old and otherwise very healthy. She also has no symptoms or pain yet up to this point.)

~Katie