title: Ablation protocols and ancillary procedures in tumor ablation therapy: consensus from Japanese experts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A panel of Japanese experts on tumor ablation therapy gathered to reach a general consensus on topics surrounding ablation therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaires relating to ablation protocols for radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cryoablation, as well as ancillary procedures required for safe and secure ablation therapy, were sent to seven institutions. Experts from these institutions discussed each topic based on the evidence and the questionnaire data, and a consensus was reached at an annual meeting of the Japan Image-guided Ablation Group in Maebashi, Japan, in October 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A consensus was reached on each of six topics, including "management of antiplatelet and anticoagulation drug therapy"; "pain control in the perioperative period"; "arterial embolization combined with ablation therapy"; "protection of non-target organs"; "RFA and cryoablation protocols"; and "ablative margins."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The consensus achieved here will serve as the framework for tumor ablation therapies in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology and Clinical Ultrasound Center, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan. mmiyazak@gunma-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2349-2963
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology and Clinical Ultrasound Center, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokue
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8681, Japan.
authors.forename: Yozo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.affiliation: Tonan Hospital, N1 W6, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0001, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamakado
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D024221:Antineoplastic Protocols; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D032921:Consensus; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Consensus; Cryo therapy; Cryoablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Tumor ablation