Radiation-induced segmentectomy for patients unfit for ablation or embolization Radiation-induced hepatectomy associated with tumor treatment, for patients unfit for surgery because of comorbidities or insufficient remnant liver Downstaging procedure for…
Fig. 1 76yr male with metastatic carcinoid to his liver. He has had the carcinoid syndrome daily for the last 3 years and was treated with long acting octreotide injections. However, the…
Author N Setting Response PET response TTP OS Comments Bester 224 Refractory NA NA NA 11.9 m Comparative retrospective cohort study with BSC. Reduction of 43 % in the hazard of death…
Author Pat. # Therapy Response (PR, CR, SD) Survival Comment (D’Avola et al. 2009) 35 35 RE (resin) 16 m 8 m Comparison to not-in-study- included control group (Woodall et al. 2009)…
Fig. 1 Illustration of the 90Y microsphere radioembolization showing microcatheter in the hepatic artery releasing radioactive microspheres in the dominant flow leading to a tumor Fig. 2 Two possible scenarios depending on…
Fig. 1 Potential points of integration of RE into the treatment pathway of patients with liver-only or liver-dominant unresectable colorectal liver metastases. The shaded box shows clinical trials testing RE with…
Mandatory Multidisciplinary team approach to reviewing liver cancer patients, including an interventional radiologist and at least three of Hepatic surgeon Medical oncologist Radiation oncologist Nuclear medicine physician Pain physician or…
Fig. 24.1 (a) Floor plan imparting the size of each room and its respective control room as well as the equipment in each room and its maneuverability (Courtesy of Payette…
Metrics Explanation Instruments Sensors References Time (s) Time taken to complete the procedure Flexible/rigid 0 [12–28] Path length (m) Total distance travelled by the instrument Flexible/rigid 1 (PS)/EC [13–15, 19,…
and Ferenc A. Jolesz2 (1) Symbow Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China (2) National Center for Image Guided Therapy, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA…
