Advances in interventional radiology in oncology.
Interventional radiology (IR) includes all procedures performed percutaneously under US, fluoroscopy, CT or DSA guidance by a radiologist to obtain diagnostic and therapeutic achievements. According to the pathology under examination, these procedures may be applied alone, as a definite therapeutic tool, or together with other traditional techniques permitting an easier and more successful application. In this report the authors discuss briefly the IR possibilities in many oncological branches.
Simonetti
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Institute of Radiology, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, S. Eugenio Hospital, Italy.
Orlacchio
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Fanucci
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Chiusano
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D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology / Q000639:trends*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014965:X-Rays