Overview
- Tumor ablation is the most high profile procedure currently in interventional radiology.
- This guide sets the standard and is one of the first comprehensive references on the subject.
- The editors, world-renowned in the field, have assembled recognized international authorities.
- Practitioners in specialties other than radiology, including internal medicine, oncology, anesthesiology, and surgery, add valuable insights
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There is an enormous sense of excitement in the communities of cancer research and cancer care as we move into the middle third of the ?rst decade of the 21st century. For the ?rst time,there is a true sense of c- ?dence that the tools provided by the human genome project will enable cancer researchers to crack the code of genomic abnormalities that allow tumor cells to live within the body and provide highly speci?c, virtually non-toxic therapies for the eradication,or at least ?rm control of human cancers. There is also good reason to hope that these same lines of inquiry will yield better tests for screening, early detection, and prev- tion of progression beyond curability. While these developments provide a legitimate basis for much op- mism, many patients will continue to develop cancers and suffer from their debilitating effects, even as research moves ahead. For these in- viduals, it is imperative that the cancer ?eld make the best possible use of the tools available to provide present day cancer patients with the best chances for cure, effective palliation, or, at the very least, relief from symptoms caused by acute intercurrent complications of cancer. A modality that has emerged as a very useful approach to at least some of these goals is tumor ablation by the use of physical or physiochemical approaches.
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Table of contents (43 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Operations for Tumor Ablation
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Imaging for Tumor Ablation
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Methods of Ablation
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tumor Ablation
Book Subtitle: Principles and Practice
Editors: Eric vanSonnenberg, William N. McMullen, Luigi Solbiati, Tito Livraghi, Peter R. Müeller, Stuart G. Silverman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28674-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95539-1Published: 13 July 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3046-0Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28674-7Published: 08 September 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 542
Topics: Interventional Radiology, Radiotherapy, Oncology, General Surgery