Sarcoma Cancer Patient Liz Greer Finds Hope After Y-90 Therapy

Liz Wilson Greer did not have many treatment options for her rare tissue cancer. Learn how she found hope through a minimally invasive, image-guided procedure targeting her liver tumors, performed by Dr. Sanjeeva Kalva, chief of the Mass General Division of Interventional Radiology. Learn more about Y-90 therapy on our website here: bit.ly/3cJ33Xm
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Ten years ago, doctors told Liz Greer a uterine fibroid was causing her digestion issues. They advised her to have an emergency hysterectomy, but something didn't feel right about the diagnosis.
When Liz found out that what she had was a "rare form of Sarcoma", almost no liver surgeon wanted to operate on her because of her high number of tumors. Liz sought other options at Massachusetts General Hospital "I chose Mass General because they had such a great time and it felt as if everything was cohesive."
Chief of Interventional Radiology Sanjeeva Kalva, MBBS collaborated with her oncology team and recommended she undergo a SIRT procedure. As only the second person with her type of cancer in the United States to have Y-90 therapy, Liz did her research. “I read as much as I could about SIRT and Y-90 before I came to see Dr. Kalva. I faxed him a list of 27 questions. He addressed every one of those patiently,” she said.
Dr. Kalva released radioactive beads into the blood vessels connecting to Liz’s liver tumors. A few months after the minimally invasive procedure, her tumors showed up as necrotic. She now looks and feels healthy and says, “It’s given me a shot that I didn’t really have at that point. [Dr. Kalva] just gave me hope and hope for a cancer patient is really important.”
Learn more about Liz's story and Y-90 therapy on our website: www.massgeneral.org/intervent...