CONTEXT: An increasing number of small renal masses (SRMs) with heterogeneous
histology and clinical behaviour are being detected with modern radiologic imaging …

Interventional oncology is an evolving branch of interventional radiology, which relies on
rapidly evolving, highly sophisticated treatment tools and precise imaging guidance to target …

Purpose: Renal tumor size influences the efficacy of radio frequency ablation but
identification of confident size cutoffs has been limited by small numbers and short followup …

Objectives To define effectiveness and safety of CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of
renal tumours and prognostic indicators for treatment success. Methods Patients with a …

Purpose: We compared outcomes in patients treated with radio frequency ablation or partial
nephrectomy for clinical cT1b renal cell carcinoma. Materials and Methods: We …

Purpose To compare clinical outcomes of radiofrequency (RF) ablation retrospectively with
those after radical nephrectomy in patients with stage T1b renal cell carcinoma (RCC) …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to present the ABLATE renal ablation planning
algorithm (Table 1), which is based on anatomic renal tumor characteristics critical to …

Background About 15 000 persons receive the diagnosis of kidney cancer in Germany every
year. Surgical resection is the standard treatment for locally confined tumors, but minimally …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) during
percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) procedure in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) …

Objectives To compare the clinical outcomes of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation
(PRFA) and partial nephrectomy (PN) in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma …