Interventional Radiology for the Cancer Patient

Abstract

Overview In the past decades, there has been a substantial expansion in the use of image‐guided procedures for diagnosing and treating various types of cancer. Percutaneous biopsy is usually the first step in obtaining a definitive diagnosis and aids in the development of the treatment plan. Patients with primary or metastatic disease involving the liver are candidates for a wide range of image‐guided interventions such as hepatic arterial embolization procedures, liver tumor ablation, and portal vein embolization. Cancer patients also benefit from a variety of palliative image‐guided interventions, such as vena cava filter placement, biliary drainage and stent placement, and renal artery embolization, to name a few. Interventional radiology offers a multitude of minimally invasive procedures that are a key component in the management of cancer patients.