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
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Infusion Catheter Placement
- Biliary Drainage
- Biopsy
- Bone & Joint Injection
- Breast Biopsy (see MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy)
- Breast Ductography
- Breast Needle Localization
- Chemoembolization
- Cryotherapy
- CT Angiography
- CT Bone Density
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Embolization
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- Feeding Tube Placement
- Fracture Care
- Inferior Vena Cava Filter
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- Kyphoplasty
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography
- Microwave Ablation
- MR Computer-Aided Detection
- MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
- Multidetector CT Scanner
- Multiple-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) Scan
- Nephrostomy Drainage
- Nerve Block
- Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Placement
- PET Scan
- PET/CT Scan
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Port Placement
- Prostascint Scan
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- SPECT/CT Camera
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Stent Placement
- Surgical Radiography
- TheraSphere®
- Thrombolysis
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Trellis®Peripheral Infusion System
- Ultrasound
- Venography
- Vertebroplasty (see Kyphoplasty)
- X-Ray
