This course is designed to provide principles, device selection and tips for success in tumor ablation and provides lung and renal ablation techniques, challenges and recommendations.

This program is designed to meet the educational needs of interventional radiologist, interventional oncologist, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other physicians at all levels with special interest in tumor ablation.

The presentations in the on-demand activity were originally presented at the SIR 2017 Fellows Spring Practicum and includes the following:

• Basic Principles of Local Tumor Ablation Device Selection & Tips for Success
• Liver Cancer Ablation: How I Do It
• Lung Cancer Ablation: How I Do It
• Renal Cancer Ablation: How I Do It
• Panel: Ablation complications

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this on-demand activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe different types of ablation modalities
• Distinguish between which patients should undergo surgical resection, local ablation or liver directed therapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Recognize the barriers and complementary treatment options for primary lunch malignancies and metastatic disease.
• Identify the approach to renal tumor ablation including technical considerations, outcomes and expected complications.

Faculty Information

Coordinator:
Parag Patel, MD, MS, FSIR; Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept. of Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Thuong Van Ha, MD, FSIR; University of Chicago Hospital, Dept. of Radiology

Speakers:
Michael Sichlau, MD
Divya Sridhar, MD
Steven Zangan, MD