title: Image-Guided Renal Intervention.
abstract: The role of interventional radiology in the management of renal malignancy has expanded in the past 2 decades, largely because of the efficacy of image-guided ablation in treating renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Clinical guidelines now incorporate ablation into standardized RCC management algorithms. Importantly, both radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation have shown long-term durability in the definitive treatment of RCC, and early outcomes following microwave ablation are equally promising. While selective renal artery embolization has a role in the palliation of select patients with RCC, it can also be used to minimize complications in the ablation of larger renal masses.
authors: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors: Gregory T
authors: GT
authors: Frey
authors: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Sella
authors: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: Atwell.Thomas@Mayo.edu.
authors: Thomas D
authors: TD
authors: Atwell
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media; D003452:Cryosurgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
keywords: Complications; Cryoablation; Embolization; Microwave ablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Renal ablation