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This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive resource for interventionalists who practice image-guided tumor ablation. Over the past 25 years, tumor ablation has evolved from a novel technique initially focused on using ethanol and radiofrequency ablation to the clinical use of cryoablation, microwave ablation, and irreversible electroporation. Chapters cover the range of tumor types and use of ablation from lung tumors to immune system response. Emerging novel technologies such as focused ultrasound (histotripsy) and pulsed electrical fields introduced within the last year are also included with the intention of making the readers aware of the current clinical status and potentials for clinical use of these newer technologies. Expert authors also aim to address the application of adjunctive techniques, such as creation of artificial ascites, hydrodissection, pyeloperfusion which are increasingly used to perform ablations. This is an ideal guide for all interventional radiologists performing ablations.

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Ronald Arellano, MD is a Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and an Interventional Radiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital with specialization in the diagnosis and treatment by minimally invasive methods of diseases in the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and received his undergraduate education from the University of California, San Diego. He completed a Diagnostic Radiology residency and fellowship in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology residency at the University of California, San Diego. He also completed a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging and Intervention at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His training in Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology has allowed him to be at the cutting edge of Interventional Radiology. He continues to explore the possibilities of tumor ablation to treat hepatic and renal tumors and to use minimally invasive methods to improve patient care.

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