Freezing Cancer in Its Tracks: Cryoablation Shows Promise Against Limited Metastases
A Danish single-center study found that CT-guided percutaneous cryoablation of limited metastases achieved 93 percent local tumor control after retreatment, ...
Tag: interventional radiology
Contrast Tagging During CT Hepatic Angiography Makes Hidden Liver Tumours Glow After Ablation
An international team of interventional radiologists has shown that injecting contrast medium at the moment of peak tumour enhancement during ...
Coil Embolization Before Surgery Helped Remove a Rare Hypervascular Pelvic Tumor With Minimal Blood Loss
Surgeons report that preoperative coil embolization of a 12-centimeter hypervascular aggressive angiomyxoma enabled complete resection with only 50 milliliters of ...
Microwave Cauterisation After Tumour Biopsy Shows Promise for Children at High Bleeding Risk
Interventional radiologists in Hong Kong report that cauterising the biopsy tract with a 16-gauge microwave ablation antenna prevented bleeding and ...
Global Survey Reveals Wide Gap Between Liver Cancer Guidelines and Real-World Practice
An international two-step survey of interventional radiologists reveals that real-world treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma frequently diverges from BCLC guidelines, exposing ...
Tiny Coils and Software Help Doctors Destroy Liver Tumors Without Contrast Dye
Radiologists used six metallic fiducial coils, cone-beam CT trajectory planning, and predictive ablation software to completely destroy a large liver ...
Electric Fields, Not Heat: Non-Thermal Ablation Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Liver Cancer
A UK tertiary liver centre reports that non-thermal irreversible electroporation achieved complete tumour response in nearly 84 percent of early-stage ...
Protective Heat and Cold Shields Make Tumor Ablation Near Nerves Dramatically Safer
A decade-long review of 364 ablation procedures shows that active thermoprotection techniques reduce complications to zero in radiofrequency ablation of ...
Stronger Chemo Dose Fails to Extend Survival in Liver Cancer Embolization Study
A retrospective Australian cohort study found that a more than twelvefold increase in doxorubicin concentration during conventional transarterial chemoembolization produced ...
AI Reconstruction Cuts CT Radiation Dose in Half Without Sacrificing Image Quality
Mayo Clinic researchers show that AI-based spectral reconstruction can halve radiation dose in CT-guided kidney ablations while matching or exceeding ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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