Combined Therapies of RFA
Fig. 8.1 sHCC treated by TACE+RFA The effect of chemotherapeutic anticancer agents on cancer cells enhances the effect of hyperthermia [4]. TACE, being a regional treatment, can target undetected satellite…
Peri-RFA Care and Management of Complications
Fig. 7.1 Grounding pad burns after RFA 7.3.3 Intraperitoneal Bleeding Bleeding complications are more likely to happen in patients with HCC due to their underlying liver diseases. The bleeding can…
Adjuvant Therapy After Radiofrequency Ablation
Fig. 10.1 Diagram of potential mechanisms of direct effect of IFN to antitumor growth In a retrospective study, Someya et al. [15] investigated the role of IFN in HCC patients…
Laparoscopic and Open RFA
Fig. 6.1 Open RFA Fig. 6.2 Laparoscopic RFA The surgical RFA approach is generally applied to patients with multiple large tumors which range from 3 to 5 cm or which…
Diagnosis of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 1.1 AASLD diagnostic algorithm. Reprint from Bruix J, Sherman M; American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Management of hepatocellular carcinoma: an update. Hepatology. 2011 Mar;53(3):1020–2 1.4 Pathological…
Pathobiologic Characteristics of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Edition Publication year Effective year T-stage 1 1977 1978 None 2 1983 1984 T1 Small solitary tumor (<3 cm) confined to one lobe T2 Large tumor (>3 cm) confined to…
Initial Clinical Assessment and Patient Selection
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016Minshan Chen, Yaojun Zhang and Wan Y. Lau (eds.)Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma10.1007/978-94-017-7258-7_4 4. Initial Clinical Assessment and Patient Selection Stephanie H. Y. Lau1, Wan Yee Lau2 and Eric C. H. Lai3 (1) Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth…
Imaging After Oculoplastic Surgery
Fig. 5.1 Periorbital injectable fillers used for malar and temporalis augmentation. Axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR images (a–c) show streaky areas of high signal within the periorbital soft tissues, which correspond…
Ophthalmic Imaging and Neuroimaging of the Effects of Glaucoma Treatment
Fig. 4.1 Optic nerve and chiasm changes in chronic glaucoma. The patient has a history of long-standing normal tension glaucoma, left greater than right, treated with multiple topical medications. Axial…
Imaging After Orbital and Intraocular Oncology Therapies
and Suzanne K. Freitag3 (1) Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (2) Head and Neck Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland…
