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The purpose of this chapter is to provide the interventional radiologist and his or her ancillary staff with the basic requirements and knowledge to successfully establish an image-guided tumor service within their radiology practice. The focus is on a hospital-based practice although a private ablation center is conceivable. The objective of this chapter outlines the process of how a referral-based ablation practice functions. It offers ideas on how to improve communication, consultation, ablation process itself, and post-ablation follow-up care and imaging.
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Tessier, D. (2013). Management of the Oncologic Patient. In: Dupuy, D., Fong, Y., McMullen, W. (eds) Image-Guided Cancer Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0751-6_12
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