Since its introduction in the early nineties as a promising functional imaging technique in the
management of neoplastic disorders, FDG-PET, and subsequently FDG-PET/CT, has …

With rapid advances in modern imaging, minimally invasive ablative procedures have
emerged as popular alternatives to surgical removal of tumors. Tumor ablation modalities …

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is considered a curative treatment option for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Growing data have demonstrated that cryoablation represents a safe and …

Percutaneous imaging-guided cryoablation (PICA) is a recently developed technique, which
applies extreme hypothermia to destroy tumours under close imaging surveillance. It is …

Molecular imaging with 18 F-FDG PET has been proven useful in the management of
colorectal cancer. 18 F-FDG PET plays a pivotal role in staging before surgical resection of …

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is an innovative local-regional therapy that involves
delivery of intense electrical pulses to tissue to induce nanoscale cell membrane defects for …

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a therapeutic technology for the ablation of soft tissues
using electrodes to deliver intense but short electric pulses across a cell membrane, creating …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to prospectively characterize and optimize
irreversible electroporation ablation to determine the best parameters to achieve the largest …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common causes of cancer-related
mortality worldwide. Unfortunately, only 20% of HCC patients are amenable to curative …

Objective Surgical resection, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are all accepted as
standard treatments for extra-abdominal desmoid (EAD) tumors, but their effectiveness has …