Radiofrequency Ablation
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Our doctors use radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to destroy tumors and provide relief for symptoms, such as pain. RFA is also used to shrink tumors so they can be more successfully treated by radiation therapy or chemotherapy.
Using CT-guidance, the interventional radiologist inserts a probe into the center of a cancerous tumor. Next, high frequency electrical currents are passed through the probe to burn the cancer cells from the inside out.
Because the therapy is localized inside the tumor, there is little damage to healthy tissue in the body. Cancer patients who have an increased risk of bleeding due to the vascularity of the tumor may be good candidates for RFA.
Interventional Radiology
- Abscess Drainage and Fluid Collection Management
- Angiography
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Infusion Catheter Placement
- Arteriography
- Biliary Drainage (internal / external stent placement)
- Biopsy
- Bland Tumor Embolization
- Bone and Joint Injection
- Breast Ductography
- Breast Needle Localization
- Celiac Plexus Neurolysis (CPN) / Celiac Plexus Block
- Chemoembolization
- Chest Tube Placement
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cyroablation
- Cryotherapy
- CT Angiography
- CT Bone Density
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Embolization
- Emobolization Venography
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Feeding Tube Placement
- GE Interventional Radiology Suite
- Hepatic Chemoembolization
- Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement
- Innova IGS 540 Interventional Radiology Suite
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- IVC Filter Placement
- Kyphoplasty
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography Suite
- Microwave Ablation
- MR Computer-Aided Detection (CAD)
- MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
- Multidetector CT Scanner
- Multiple-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) Scan
- NanoKnife®
- Nerve Block
- Nerve Root Block
- Paracentesis
- Percutaneous Gastrostomy / Gastrojejunostomy
- Percutaneous Image-Guided Biopsy
- Percutaneous Nephroureteral Stenting
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Placement
- PET Scan
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Port Placement
- Portal Vein Embolization
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Prostascint® Scan
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- SPECT/CT Camera for Nuclear Studies
- Stent Placement / Removal
- Surgical Radiography
- TheraSphere®
- Thoracentesis
- Thrombectomy
- Thrombolysis
- Transhepatic Biliary Drainage and Internal Stenting
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Trellis® Peripheral Infusion System
- Ultrasound
- Ureteral Stenting
- Vascular Access Devices
- Venography
- Venous Angioplasty / Stenting
- Vertebroplasty / Vertebral Ablation (see Kyphoplasty)
- X-Ray
