Percutaneous management of renal tumors

Sep 13, 2019 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Percutaneous management of renal tumors

Key points • Imaging plays an important role in diagnosis • Thermal ablation is becoming a treatment option for select patients with small tumors • techniques include radiofrequency and cryoablation…

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Principles of percutaneous ablative therapies

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Key points • Percutaneous image-guided tumor ablation uses the cytotoxic properties of thermal energy or electric field strength to cause cell death. • The thermal ablative effect due to coagulation…

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Surgical management of hepatic metastases

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Key points • Precise assessment of disease progression and adequate selection of initial therapeutic options should be performed through a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of liver metastases. • Selected…

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Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Sep 13, 2019 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Key points • Incidence and prevalence of GEP-NET is increasing. • Recently approved systemic targeted therapeutic agents and local therapies have rekindled interest in NET management. • Multidisciplinary centers employing…

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Surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma

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Key points • Patients with cirrhosis are at highest risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and screening with sonography every 6 months is recommended. • Early-stage HCC should be treated…

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Interventional management of hepatocellular carcinoma

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Key points • Image guided techniques are the most common invasive therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). • Level 1 evidence supports survival benefit chemoembolization. • New embolic devices may…

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