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Irreversible Electroporation for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin Tumors)
The overall prognosis for patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC) is dismal. Resection of the tumor remains the only curative treatment, but only 10–20% of patients have resectable disease at the time...
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Future Perspectives of IRE
Modern medicine is constantly develo** less invasive methods for treatment of disease. While some of the research regarding tissue ablation was documented over 100 years ago, the majority of the investigativ...
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Irreversible Electroporation of Pancreatic Tumors
Over 95% of pancreatic cancers are exocrine tumors that bare a dismal prognosis. Although oncological outcome is best for patients presenting with nonmetastatic resectable disease, cure is rarely achieved [1]....
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Irreversible Electroporation of Tumors Within the Pelvic Cavity
Malignancies that are notorious for their recurrence within the lesser pelvis following radiotherapy and/or surgery are female and male urogenital tract tumors and locoregional recurrences from gastrointestina...
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Open AccessMR and CT imaging characteristics and ablation zone volumetry of locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with irreversible electroporation
To assess specific imaging characteristics after irreversible electroporation (IRE) for locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma (LAPC) with contrast-enhanced (ce)MRI and ceCT, and to explore the correlation of t...
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Open AccessDynamic contrast-enhanced CT in patients treated with sorafenib and erlotinib for non-small cell lung cancer: a new method of monitoring treatment?
We investigated the feasibility of serial dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT) in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving anti-angiogenic (sorafenib) an...
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Open AccessTotal-liver-volume perfusion CT using 3-D image fusion to improve detection and characterization of liver metastases
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a total-liver-volume perfusion CT (CTP) technique for the detection and characterization of liver metastases. Twenty patients underwent helical CT o...
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The use of perfusion CT for the evaluation of therapy combining AZD2171 with gefitinib in cancer patients
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of dynamic contrast–enhanced perfusion CT (CTP) in evaluating the hemodynamic response of tumors in the chest and abdomen treated with a combination o...
