Advances in Interventional Oncologic Therapies

A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 3409

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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: cancer therapy; treatment; arterial and venous embolization; interventional radiology; cancer biomarkers
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Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea
Interests: vascular & non-vascular interventional radiology

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Dear Colleagues,

Interventional oncologic therapies (IOT) have become an essential part of cancer treatment, encompassing essentially all cancer types including cancer of the liver, prostate, breast, colon, lung, kidney and pancreas. It has evolved from basic biopsy of a newly found mass to diagnose a cancer to complex endovascular cancer treatment with a curative intent such as radioembolization in liver primary cancer patients.  With personalized medicine and the advancement of immunotherapy in cancer treatment, interventional oncologic therapies have also progressively advanced in terms of the method of treatment, science behind each technique and availability of clinical outcome data.     

In this Special Issue, “Advances in Interventional Oncologic Therapies”, we aim to collaborate and share the newest, cutting-edge research, clinical trials, and comprehensive systemic reviews including meta-analysis on some of the interventional oncologic therapies.  Some of the topics we hope to include are:

  1. Basic and translational science research on interventional oncologic therapies
  2. New interventional oncologic therapies
  3. Cancers
    (a) Liver
    (b) Kidney
    (c) Pancreas
    (d) Lung
    (e)Prostate
    (f) Breast
    (g) Thyroid
    (h) Bone
    (i) Others
  4. Endovascular tumor treatment
    (a) Radioembolization
    (b) Chemoembolization
    (c) Other embolic oncologic therapies
  5. Tumor ablation
    (a) Microwave ablation
    (b) Cryoablation
    (c) Irreversible electroporation
    (d) Histotripsy
    (e) HIFU
    (f) RFA
    (g) H-FIRE
    (h) Other ablative therapies

Dr. Edward W. Lee
Dr. Dong Il Gwon
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Local Recurrence following Radiological Complete Response in Patients Treated with Subsegmental Balloon-Occluded Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
by Dong Il Gwon, Gun Ha Kim, Hee Ho Chu, Jin Hyoung Kim, Gi-Young Ko and Hyun-Ki Yoon
Cancers 2023, 15(20), 4991; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15204991 - 14 Oct 2023
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The aim of this study was to determine the local recurrence (LR) rate and identify factors associated with LR in patients who achieve a radiological complete response (CR) after undergoing balloon-occluded transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (B-TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). From November 2017 to [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to determine the local recurrence (LR) rate and identify factors associated with LR in patients who achieve a radiological complete response (CR) after undergoing balloon-occluded transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (B-TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). From November 2017 to September 2021, 60 patients (44 men, 16 women; mean age, 63.5 years; range, 39–82 years) with 72 HCCs (mean diameter, 31 mm; range, 10–50 mm) who underwent subsegmental B-TACE were included in this retrospective study. Radiological and clinical evaluation of oily subsegmentectomy, defined as radiological CR of the HCC and peritumoral parenchymal necrosis, was performed. The CR rate was 97.2% (70 of 72 HCCs) at first follow-up (mean, 41 days; range, 14–110 days). Overall, 13 HCCs (19.7%) demonstrated LR at a mean of 29.8 months (range, 3–63 months) and cumulative LR rates were 1.5% 14.2% 21%, 21%, and 21% at 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 months, respectively. In 28 (38.9%) of 72 HCCs, oily subsegmentectomy was achieved, tumor markers were normalized, and LR did not occur. The oily subsegmentectomy-positive group had a significantly lower LR rate than the oily subsegmentectomy-negative group (p = 0.001). Age ≥65 years (adjusted hazard ration (HR), 0.124; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.037–0.412; p < 0.001) and peripheral location (adjusted HR, 0.112; 95% CI, 0.046–0.272; p < 0.001) were independent predictive factors of LR. Subsegmental B-TACE can be an effective method with a high initial CR rate and low LR incidence. Oily subsegmentectomy can be considered as an index of successful treatment because it did not demonstrate any LR. Full article
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Advances in Image-Guided Ablation Therapies for Solid Tumors
by Warren A. Campbell IV and Mina S. Makary
Cancers 2024, 16(14), 2560; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16142560 - 17 Jul 2024
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Image-guided solid tumor ablation methods have significantly advanced in their capability to target primary and metastatic tumors. These techniques involve noninvasive or percutaneous insertion of applicators to induce thermal, electrochemical, or mechanical stress on malignant tissue to cause tissue destruction and apoptosis of [...] Read more.
Image-guided solid tumor ablation methods have significantly advanced in their capability to target primary and metastatic tumors. These techniques involve noninvasive or percutaneous insertion of applicators to induce thermal, electrochemical, or mechanical stress on malignant tissue to cause tissue destruction and apoptosis of the tumor margins. Ablation offers substantially lower risks compared to traditional methods. Benefits include shorter recovery periods, reduced bleeding, and greater preservation of organ parenchyma compared to surgical intervention. Due to the reduced morbidity and mortality, image-guided tumor ablation offers new opportunities for treatment in cancer patients who are not candidates for resection. Currently, image-guided ablation techniques are utilized for treating primary and metastatic tumors in various organs with both curative and palliative intent, including the liver, pancreas, kidneys, thyroid, parathyroid, prostate, lung, breast, bone, and soft tissue. The invention of new equipment and techniques is expanding the criteria of eligible patients for therapy, as now larger and more high-risk tumors near critical structures can be ablated. This article provides an overview of the different imaging modalities, noninvasive, and percutaneous ablation techniques available and discusses their applications and associated complications across various organs. Full article
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