2 Cryoablation: Mechanism of Actionand Devices Christos S. Georgiades and Jonathan K. Marx Though initially introduced in the 19th century, cryoablation entered mainstream clinical medicine in the mid-1960s.1 Because of…
3 Microwave Ablation:Mechanism of Action and Devices Farrah Wolf and Damian E. Dupuy Microwave ablation (MWA) is a new treatment modality within the field of thermal ablation. Similar to radiofrequency…
9 Ablation of Esoteric Organs Farrah Wolf and Damian E. Dupuy Although minimally invasive thermoablative therapies have been most extensively described as a means to treat solid organs within the…
8 Musculoskeletal Ablation Daniel B. Brown Pain from skeletal metastases is the most common source of intractable pain in cancer patients. It is the presenting system in nearly 80% of…
10 Evidence-Based Practice Christos S. Georgiades and Kelvin Hong Even though tumor ablation, in one form or another, has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years, the lack…
4 Irreversible Electroporation Ablation:Mechanism of Action and Devices Edward W. Lee, Mariam Totonchy, and Stephen T. Kee The process of electroporation dates as far back as the mid-1700s.1 Only recently,…
11 Building a Successful Tumor Ablation Practice Kelvin Hong and Ziga Cizman A successful tumor ablation practice is a crucial and rewarding addition to the modern interventional practice. Whether tumor…
Critical Role of ABCG2 in ALA-Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy of Human Brain Tumor Toshihisa Ishikawa*,†,1; Yoshinaga Kajimoto†; Yutaka Inoue‡; Yoji Ikegami‡; Toshihiko Kuroiwa† * NGO Personalized Medicine & Healthcare, Yokohama, Japan†…
Leukemia and ABC Transporters Yu Fukuda; Shangli Lian; John D. Schuetz1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA1 Corresponding author: email address: john.schuetz@stjude.org Abstract Acute myeloid…
Role of ABC Transporters in Fluoropyrimidine-Based Chemotherapy Response Anne T. Nies*,1; Tarek Magdy*,2; Matthias Schwab*,†; Ulrich M. Zanger* * Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany† Department of Clinical…
