Spinal metastases are becoming increasingly common because patients with metastatic
disease are living longer. The close proximity of the spinal cord to the vertebral column limits …

Interventional radiology provides local management of bone metastases (BM) with a
palliative intent in most cases, or with a curative intent in selected patients. Its role has …

Introduction: Percutaneous image-guided cryo-(CA) and radiofrequency-(RFA) ablations
have been widely used in the treatment of painful bone metastases (BM). However, paucity …

Several techniques are under development for image-guidance in particle therapy. Positron
(β+) emission tomography (PET) is in use since many years, because accelerated ions …

Study Design Narrative Review. The spine remains the most common site for bony
metastasis. It is estimated that up to 70% of cancer patients harbor secondary spinal …

Spinal metastasis is a common secondary malignant tumor of the bone, often resulting in
spinal cord and nerve root compression, leading to obvious pain and related compression …

Purpose To investigate the safety and clinical efficacy of bipolar radiofrequency ablation (b-
RFA) with increased (> 70° C) target temperature for the treatment of spine metastases with …

Purpose To retrospectively report on safety, pain relief and local tumor control achieved with
percutaneous ablation of sacral bone metastases. Materials and methods From February …

OBJECTIVE High-grade metastatic epidural spinal cord compression from radioresistant
tumor histologies is often treated with separation surgery and adjuvant stereotactic body …

Purpose On‐treatment kV images have been used in tracking patient motion. One challenge
of markerless motion tracking in paraspinal SBRT is the reduced contrast when the X‐ray …