In Interventional Oncology: Principles and Practice, expert editors have brought together the accrued experience of pioneers and leaders in image-guided cancer therapy from around the globe to create the first comprehensive text for this emerging field. Covering the biology, techniques, clinical applications, and outcomes of interventional oncologic procedures for the treatment and palliation of solid tumors throughout the body, this practical reference will be indispensible for physicians across specialties who seek to provide collaborative, leading-edge care to cancer patients.

Table of contents

Part I. Principles of Oncology: 1. Biology of cancer; 2. Evaluation of the cancer patient; 3. Principles of chemotherapy; Part II. Principles of Image-Guided Therapies: 4. Pharmacologic principles of regional therapy; 5. Image-guided interventions: fundamentals of radiofrequency tumor ablation; 6. Principles of embolization; 7. Imaging in interventional oncology: role of image-guidance; 8. Assessment of tumor response on MR imaging after locoregional therapy; Part III. Organ Specific Cancers: 9. Hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and screening; 10. Staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma; 11. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) medical management; 12. Surgical management (resection); 13. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma; 14. Image-guided ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma; 15. Embolization of liver tumors: anatomy; 16. Intraarterial therapy; 17. New therapies; 18. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; 19. Medical management of colorectal liver metastases; 20. Surgical resection of hepatic metastasis; 21. Ablation; 22. Colorectal metastases: chemoembolization; 23. Radioembolization with 90Yttrium microspheres for colorectal liver metastases; 24. Carcinoid and related neuroendocrine tumors; 25. Interventional radiology for the treatment of liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors; 26. Immunoembolization for melanoma; 27. Preoperative portal vein embolization; 28. Cancer of the extrahepatic bile ducts and the gallbladder: surgical management; 29. Extrahepatic biliary cancer: high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy and photodynamic therapy (PDT); 30. Extrahepatic biliary cancer/biliary drainage; 31. Renal cell carcinoma: surgical and medical treatment; 32. Percutaneous renal ablation; 33. Embolotherapy in the management of renal cell carcinoma; 34. Epidemiology, diagnosis, staging and medical-surgical management of lung cancer; 35. Image-guided ablation in the thorax; 36. Interventional treatment methods for unresectable lung tumors; 37. Interventional neuroradiology in head and neck oncology; 38. Percutaneous ablation of painful metastases involving bone; 39. Intraarterial therapy for sarcomas; 40. Prostate IGI and ablation; Part IV. Specialized Interventional Techniques in Cancer Care: 41. Vascular access: venous and arterial ports; 42. GI stenting; 43. Diagnosis and management of superior vena cava syndrome; 44. Palliative care and symptom management; 45. Complications of therapeutic endovascular procedures in malignant liver diseases.