Palliative procedures for the interventional oncologist.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to present our experience using multimodality interventional radiologic techniques for the treatment of cancer-related pain across a spectrum of abnormalities.


CONCLUSIONS
Percutaneous imaging-guided thermal ablation has emerged as a safe and efficacious treatment for painful osseous metastases. The implementation of interventional thermal ablative techniques for the treatment of intractable pain secondary to malignancy can be further expanded to include transcatheter and combination procedures.
1 Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106.
Indravadan J
IJ
Patel
Ali
A
Pirasteh
Matthew A
MA
Passalacqua
Mark R
MR
Robbin
Daniel P
DP
Hsu
Ji
J
Buethe
J David
JD
Prologo
D055011:Ablation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome