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Percutaneous Image-Guided Electrochemotherapy of Spine Metastases: Initial Experience

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Two patients underwent percutaneous image-guided electrochemotherapy on blastic spine metastases involving posterior walls of the lumbar vertebral bodies with epidural extension. These treatments were performed safely under cone beam computed tomography. Local tumor control was obtained on the subsequent follow-up as well as pain relief and disability improvement. Electrochemotherapy might be considered for patients with thus far no other alternative in order to obtain tumor control and improvement in patients’ quality of life.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tenon Hospital, Sorbonne Université, 4 Rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France

    François H. Cornelis, Mohamed Ben Ammar & Maud Nouri-Neuville

  2. GRC n°04, Theranoscan, AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Tenon, Sorbonne Université, 75970, Paris, France

    Lise Matton & Vincent Fallet

  3. Department of Oncology, Tenon Hospital, Sorbonne Université, 4 Rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France

    Marc Antoine Benderra & Joseph Gligorov

  4. Vectorology and Anticancer Therapies, UMR8203, CNRS, University of Paris-Sud, Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France

    Luis M. Mir

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Cornelis, F.H., Ben Ammar, M., Nouri-Neuville, M. et al. Percutaneous Image-Guided Electrochemotherapy of Spine Metastases: Initial Experience. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 42, 1806–1809 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-019-02316-4

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