Tumor ablation

Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 12 Oct 2021

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Citation:

Di Muzio B, Bell D, Knipe H, Tumor ablation. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 05 Jun 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-71015

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-71015

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/71015

rID:

71015

Article created:

14 Sep 2019, Bruno Di Muzio ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Bruno Di Muzio had no recorded disclosures.

View Bruno Di Muzio's current disclosures

Last revised:

12 Oct 2021, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

View Daniel J Bell's current disclosures

Revisions:

6 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Interventional, Oncology

Sections:

Interventional Radiology

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Synonyms:

Image-guided tumour ablation
Percutaneous tumour ablation
Tumour ablation

Tumor ablation, or image-guided tumor ablation, is the direct application of chemical or energy-based (i.e. thermal and non-thermal) treatments to cause local tumor destruction. Techniques include:

energy-based techniques
- thermal ablation
- non-thermal ablation
  - irreversible electroporation (IRE)
non-energy based techniques
- chemical ablation

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