Table 1. Adverse events in 100 consecutive patients treated with SIRT for liver metastases from from colorectal cancer.

Adverse event	Number of patients
Acute pain and nausea	28
Peptic ulceration	8
– major bleeding	2
– requiring operation	1
Radiation hepatitis (fatal)	1
Radiation pneumonitis	0
Lethargy/anorexia for 3–6 weeks	100
Treatment-related death	1*

*From radiation hepatitis.