Minimally Invasive Tumor Therapies (Recent Results in Cancer Research Book 167)

In the age of the World Wide Web, informed patients continue to surprise oncologists with detailed questions about popular tumor therapies. Although minimally invasive tumor therapies (MITT) have become daily clinical practice for palliative treatment of liver tumors, the acceptance of these palliative modalities still varies enormously. In addition, promising results have been published for in situ ablation of lung metastases, bone tumors, and renal cell carcinoma. This book gives an up-to-date overview of the popular techniques and clinical results of MITT, with a clarification of the actual indications including the size, tumor entities, and clinical benefits. Moreover, the book focuses on the prospectives and limitations of imaging methods - ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging - used for MITT. Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Use of Imaging Modalities for the Guidance of Minimally Invasive Tumor Therapies (MITT)....Pages 3-12 Development of Navigation Systems for Image-Guided Laparoscopic Tumor Resections in Liver Surgery....Pages 13-36 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Radiofrequency Ablation: The Percutaneous Approach....Pages 39-52 The Surgical Approach for Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors....Pages 53-68 Laser-Induced Thermotherapy....Pages 69-75 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Liver Metastases....Pages 79-89 Percutaneous Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma....Pages 91-105 Lung Tumors....Pages 107-122 Renal Tumors....Pages 123-133 Thermal Ablation in Bone Tumors....Pages 135-146 Gives an overview of the techniques and clinical results of minimally invasive tumor therapies (MITT), with a clarification of the actual indications including the size, and tumor entities. This book focuses on the prospectives and limitations of imaging methods - ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging - used for MITT The decision on whether a regional therapy might induce a benefit for the patient should be based on staging that is as precise as possible.