CT-guided tumor ablation

Abstract

CT-guided tumor ablation is one of the most challenging developments in the field of interventional radiology. The radiologist performing tumor ablation needs profound knowledge both in modern diagnostic and interventional radiology and in clinical and oncological patients care. These premises have to be fulfilled to be an accepted partner especially for the surgeons—who often think that they are in competition for patients qualifying for minimally invasive therapies with interventional radiologists—as well as for the referring oncologists.