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1 Index A Ablation, , devices, 179, 199 liver tumors, 527 techniques, 516 Ablative radiation therapy, 456 Accelerated partial breast, 894, Adaptive radiation therapy, 586, 598, 602 Adjuvant, , 918 Adjuvant therapy, 474 Anastomosis, 755, , 762 Anatomic considerations, Anatomy, , 764 of liver, 102, 107 Anesthesia challenges, for image-guided intervention, 147, 150, 152 for interventional radiology, 149 Angiogenesis, 274 Antiangiogenic agents, 713, 716 Argon beam coagulator, 846 Arterial redistribution, 482, 483 B BCT. See Breast conserving therapy (BCT) Biochemical recurrence, 756, 758 Biopsy, , 685, 686 Bland embolization, , 107 Bone metastases, 80, Bone therapy, Bone tumors, , Brachytherapy, 374, Breast cancer, 80, 95 96, , 863, 864, 869, 872, , , Breast conserving therapy (BCT), , 904 Breast laser therapy, 880 Breast MRI, 880 Breast ultrasound, 879 Brivanib, Cardiac evaluation, Case studies, Cellular homeostasis, 515 Cervical carcinoma, , 814 CEUS. See Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) Chemical ablation, 180 Chemoembolization, , 411, , 419, 420, 923, 925, 926 Chemoradiation, 609, Chemotherapy, , , , Childhood tumor, Cholangiocarcinoma, 105, 330 Clinical trials, 599 Coagulation, 318, 322, 324 Colorectal cancer, 405, 407, 411, 412, 420, , , 477 Combination therapies, Combined therapies, Comments, from patients and families, Complications, 104, 106, 107, 109, , 540, 541, 545, , 555, , , , 766 Computed tomography (CT), , , , 869, 871, 873 Cone-beam CT, Consultation, , 174 Contrast agents, 279 Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), , , Conventional transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), 106, Cryoablation, 61 74, 180, 185, 186, 431, 432, , , 545, 549, 552, 554, , , 860, , Cryogen, 62 Cryoneedles, 185, 186 Cryoprobes, 62, 63, 70, 185, Cryoshock, Cryosurgery, , 754, 756, Cryotherapy, CT. See Computed tomography (CT) C Cancer, Carcinoid syndrome, 413 D DCIS. See Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) DEB-TACE. See Drug eluting beads-tace (DEB-TACE) D.E. Dupuy et al. (eds.), Image-Guided Cancer Therapy, DOI / , # Springer Science+Business Media New York

2 944 Index Defects in cell membrane, 21 Deformable registration, 590 Designing interventional environments, Digital mammography, Dimensional CT scans, , 591 Disease free survival, 766 DNA, 267 Dose-escalation, 771, 772, 778 Dose painting, 127 Dosimetry, 333 Drug ablation, 180 Drug eluting beads (DEB), 102, Drug eluting beads-tace (DEB-TACE), Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), , 897, 898 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), , 110, 304, 307, 313, , , 332, , , High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), 79 97, , 127, 128, 193, 196, , , 868, 873 High-risk location, 324 High-voltage electroporation, 180 Histopathology, 730, 733, 745 Hormonal therapy, 910, 911, , 918 Hydration guidelines, 171 Hypofractionation, 771, 772, 777, 778, Hypoxia, 269, 274 E Early ablative techniques, Early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 294, EBRT. See External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) ED. See Erectile dysfunction (ED) Electric fields, 21, 23, 25 Embolization, , 411, , 419, 420, Endometrial carcinoma, 812, 815 Erectile dysfunction (ED), 753, 755, 756, 766 Ethanol, ETOH, 198 ablation, 197 Evolving technology, 1 16 Ewing sarcoma, External beam radiation therapy (EBRT), 811, 812, , , 832, 833 F Fibroadenoma, 864 Fibroid, Focal therapy, Focused ultrasound ablation, 193, 196 Focused ultrasound surgery (FUS), , , 532, 533 Follow up, 167, 170, G Gynecology, applications, cancers, malignancies, 810, 811, 813, 829, 834 H HCC. See Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Hepatic artery infusion, , 474 Hepatic metastasis, , 405, 407, 416, 420 Hepatic metastatic disease, 68 Hepatic tumors, 498 I Ice ball, 62 64, 65, 68, 71, 73 IGBT. See Image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT) IGRT. See Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) ILP, ILT, Imageable beads, 128, 130, 131 Image fusion, , 287 Image guidance, 38, 40, 54, 55, , 772, 773, 777, 778, 857, 863 Image-guided ablation, 193, 340, Image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT), 829, 831, 832, 835 Image-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), Image-guided percutaneous techniques, 293 Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), 461, , , Image verification, 592, 593, 598 Imaging, , 176, Imaging guided therapy, Immobilization, Immunoembolization, 407, 417 Immunotherapy, 713, 714, 719, 721 IMRT. See Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) Incontinence, , 759, 766 Information display, Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 810, , , , 894, 901, 903 Interstitial, 38, 40 Intervention, Interventional center, Interventional oncology, 277, 278, 280, 282, 287 Interventional radiology, 923 Intra-arterial infusion, Intraoperative, 849, 850, 852, 853 Intraprocedural monitoring, Intraprocedural targeting, 216, 220 Intratumoral injection, 180 Intratumoral septa, 319 Irreversible electroporation (IRE), 21, 22, 27 34, ,

3 Index 945 J Joule-Thomson phenomenon, 62 K Kidney, , , , 937, 942 cancer, 699, 700, 706 tumor, 924, 925 L Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP), 754, Laser, , 869, 873 ablation, , , , , 554 Leiomyomas, 782 Lighting, 205, 207, 208 Light mediated drug therapy, 197 Liposomes, 124, 126, 127, 129 LITT, Liver, , 237, , ablation, 515, 516 cancer, FUS, metastasis, , , 394, 396, 398, 399, 402, , , , 481, 488, resection, tumor, , , 924, 925, 930 Lobectomy, , 575, Local ablation, 318 Localized prostate cancer, 728 Locally advanced, 910, 913, 916, 917 Local tumor ablation, 293 Loco-regional, LRP. See Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) Lung, cancer, , 608, 612, 613 malignancy, 551 radiofrequency ablation, 536, 539, 545, tumor, 924, 925 M Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), , 508, 510, 511, , , 872, 873 in diagnosis of cancer, 243 in percutaneous oncologic interventions, Mammalian targets of rapamycin (mtor) inhibitors, 713, 717, 720 Mammography, 858 Mammotome, 883, 884 Medical imaging of electroporation, Medical system, 179, 195, 196 Metastatic bone disease, 645 Metastatic colorectal cancer surgery, 428, 429, 432, 437 Metastatic disease, , 563 Metastatic uveal melanoma, , 419 Microsphere, Microwave, Microwave ablation (MWA), 37 56, , , 431, , 554 Microwave therapy, 312 Microwave thermotherapy, Milan criteria, Minimally invasive, 754, 756, 761, 764 Minimally invasive surgery (MIS), 2 3, 580, Minimally invasive treatment, 732 MIS. See Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) Modern radiation therapy technology, Molecular imaging, 274 MRgFUS. See MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) MR-guided focused ultrasound, 527, 529, 531 MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS), 80, 83 91, 95 97, MRI. See Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) MRI-guided interventions, 251 mtor. See Mammalian targets of rapamycin (mtor) inhibitors Multi-pronged technique, 324 MWA. See Microwave ablation (MWA) N Nanoparticles, , 127 Navigation, 55, 282, 283, 287 Neoadjuvant, 506, 911, Neoplastic diseases, 505 Neuroendocrine malignancy, 405 Neuroendocrine tumors, 475, 476 Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), 569, 570, 572, 573, 575, , 608, 609, , 935 Non-thermal ablation, 180, Non-thermal irreversible ablation, 34 NSCLC. See Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) O OLT. See Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) Oncology, 923 imaging, therapy, Open retropubic prostatectomy, 754 Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), 346, Osseous metastatic disease, 71 Osteosarcoma, 643, 644 Outcomes, 455, 459, P Palliation, 618, 619, 621, 625, 628, , , 641 Palliative, 505, 506 Palliative therapy, 409 Partial nephrectomy, , Patient selection, 102, 106, 110 Pediatric, PEI. See Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) Pelvic lymphadenectomy, 754, 755, 759 PEM. See Positron emission mammography (PEM) Percutaneous ablation, 235, 495, 499

4 946 Index Percutaneous catheter placement, 482, 483 Percutaneous cryoablation, Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), Percutaneous radiofrequency, 297, 299, Percutaneous therapy, PET. See Positron emission tomography (PET) Photodynamic therapy, 124, 125, Photosensitizer, 741, 742, 744 Physician referral, 168, 169 Physiologic instability, Plasma energy, 849 PMRT. See Post-mastectomy radiation (PMRT) Positron emission mammography (PEM), 883, 884 Positron emission tomography (PET), Post-ablation follow-up, 536 Post-mastectomy radiation (PMRT), , 904 Potency, 755, 756, 760, 763 Pre-procedure planning, , 229 Pretreatment angiography, 332 Primary bone tumors, Prostate cancer, 80, 84, 85, 91 95, , Prostate specific antigen (PSA), 754, 756, 758, 759, 762, 766 R Radiation exposure, 280, 283, Radiation therapy, Radiation toxicity, Radical perineal prostatectomy (RPP), 754, Radical prostatectomy, , , , 766 Radiobiological consideration in treating RCC, Radiobiology of IGRT, 598 Radioembolization, 102, 103, , , 405, , 411, 416, 420 Radiofrequency (RF), 862, 863, 868 Radiofrequency ablation (RFA), , 186, 189, 199, 323, , 431, 432, 434, , , 886, Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) equipment, Radiofrequency interstitial tumor ablation (RITA), 728, , , 747 Radiological response assessment, 335 Radiologic oncology, 232 Radiology, 180, 193 Radiomicrosphere, Radiosurgery, , equipments, 138 technology, 141, 143, 144 Radiotherapy, Real-time imaging, 280, 282 Recurrence pattern, 428, 432 Recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma, Regulations, Renal, cancer, cryoablation, Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), 65, 665, 666, 671, , , Renal tumor, 700, 702, Repeat resection, Resorbable beads, 128, 130 Response assessment, 104 RFA. See Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) RITA. See Radiofrequency interstitial tumor ablation (RITA) Robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, 756, Robotics, RPP. See Radical perineal prostatectomy (RPP) S Salvage transplantation, SBRT. See Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) SCLC. See Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) Secondary liver cancer, , 109 Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), 378, 379, 452, 453 Self-referral, 169 Sensitizers, 123, Simplicity, 324 Simulation, , 594, 595, 597, 599, 602, 603 SIRT. See Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) Site-select, 883, 884 Skeletal metastases, Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), 608, Soft tissue metastases, 634, 635 Sorafenib, , 378 Stereotactic biopsy, 878 Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), 138, , , 689, Sunitinib, 378 Surgery, 193, 195 Surgical, , Surgical approaches, , Surgical management, 699, 700 Surgical outcome, 428 Surgical resection, 569 Survival, 456, Symptomatic, 505, 506 Synchronous arrays, Systemic agent, 364, 365, Systemic therapy, 369, Systemic treatments, T Target delineation, 586, Targeted therapy, Targeting, 116, 117, 119, Target motion, 770, Technique, , , Therapy, 923, Thermal ablation, 2 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 180, 193, 196 data, 542, 543, 553 technique, , Thermal therapy, 37 39, 42, 46, 54

5 Index 947 Thermochemical ablation, 119, 120 Thermography, 126, 127 Thoracic metastasis, Three-dimensional imaging, 278, 280 Tissue heating, 3 7, 9, 10 Transcatheter treatments, 340 Treatment of liver malignancies, 293 monitoring, 284, 285 of non-small cell lung cancer, Treatment planning, 40, 45, 54, 55, 587, 590, 591, 594, 597, , 900 Tumor, ablation, 1 16, 61, 73 control, 456, 460, 463, 465 markers, 328 U UCSF criteria, Ultrasonic surgical aspirator, 847 Ultrasound (US), , 317, 318, 322, 324, , , 870, 871, 873 Ultrasound ablation, 193, 196 Urinary continence, 753, 756, 763 US. See Ultrasound (US) Uterine fibroids, 791, , 800 Uterine leiomyomas, 789, , 805 Uterus, 782, 783 V Vascular-target phototherapy, 747 Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), Vulvar carcinoma, 811 W Whole-gland therapy, 746 Y Yttrium-90 (Y-90), 108, 333, 334,

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