Affiliation:
1. Department of Interventional Radiology University Hospital of Strasbourg Strasbourg France
2. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine St Louis Missouri USA
3. School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences King's College London London UK
Abstract
SummaryIn the last few decades, interventional radiology (IR) has significantly increased its role in the management of bone tumours including bone metastases (BM) that represent the most common type of tumour involving the bone. The current IR management of BM is based on the ‘palliative‐curative’ paradigm and relies on the use of consolidative (i.e. osteplasty, osteosynthesis) and/or ablation (i.e. cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, electrochemotherapy) techniques. The present narrative review will overview the current role of IR for the management of BM.
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Oncology