Authors: Jean Francois H. Geschwind and Michael C. Soulen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 337 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani
Even as this book consists of just 337 pages, its coverage is broad in the area of diagnosis and treatment cancer, particularly of billiary, chest, colorectal, liver, musculoskeletal, prostate, and renal, and thoracic and vascular cancers. Below is an overview of its coverage:
- Section I – Principles of Oncology
- Interventional oncology: The fourth pillar of cancer care
- Section II – Principles of Image-Guided Therapies
- Principles of radio frequency and microwave tumor ablation
- Principles of irreversible electroporation
- Principles of high-intensity focused ultrasound
- Principles of embolotherapy and chemoembolization
- Principles of radioembolization
- Principles of intra-arterial infusional chemotherapy in the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer
- Imaging in interventional oncology: Role of image guidance
- Novel developments in MR assessment of treatment response after locoregional therapy
- Section III – Organ-Specific Cancers – Primary Liver Cancers
- Assessment and triage of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Image-guided ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Embolization of liver tumors: Anatomy
- Conventional chemoembolization and chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads: Technique and future potential
- 90Yttrium radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma
- Image-guided therapy of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
- Section IV – Organ-Specific Cancers – Liver Metastases
- Colorectal masses: ablation
- Assessment, triage, and chemoembolization for colorectal liver metastases
- Radioembolization for colorectal liver metastases
- Assessment, triage, and liver-directed therapies for neuroendocrine tumor metastases
- Preoperative portal vein embolization
- Section V – Organ-Specific Cancers – Extrahepatic Billiary Cancers
- Extrahepatic billiary cancer, Stenting, brachytherapy, and photodynamic therapy
- Section VI – Organ-Specific Cancers – Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Management of small renal masses
- Embolotherapy in the management of renal cell carcinoma
- Section VII – Organ-Specific Cancers – Chest
- Image-guided ablation in the thorax
- Section VIII – Organ-Specific Cancers – Musculoskeletal
- Percutaneous ablation of painful metastases involving bone
- Cementoplasty and musculoskeletal interventions
- Section IX – Organ-Specific Cancers – Prostate
- Prostate Ablations
- Section X – Specialized Interventional Techniques in Cancer Care
- Vascular access: Venous and arterial ports
- Palliative care and symptom management
- CT-guided neurolysis for cancer-related abdominal and pelvic pain
- Palliative procedures for ascites and effusion
Interventional oncology has emerged as an important, targeted therapy in cancer care, and this book provides many techniques for incoming and established practitioners.
Editors:
Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD is Chairman of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale University School of Medicine, Radiologist in Chief at Yale New Haven Hospital, and also a Professor of Radiology and Oncology at Yale University School of Medicine. Originally from Paris, France, Dr. Geshwind received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine.
He completed his residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of California in San Francisco, and Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology in 1998 at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he remained on faculty as the Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology since 2002.
Dr. Geschwind is recognized as a key expert in the field of liver cancer and he has focused his research on developing new therapies for this. He is the author or coauthor of more than 400 published manuscripts and abstracts, primarily on subjects dealing with liver cancer. He is also the recipient of numerous national and international awards and grants for his research in this field. As lead or co-investigator on more than 50 clinical trials, Dr. Geschwind’s research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals, including the following journals: Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Radiology, Hepatology, Clinical Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK, and Annals of Surgery.
Michael C. Soulen, MD received his undergraduate degree from Yale and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and then trained in radiology at Johns Hopkins. After clinical and research fellowships in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University, he started the interventional oncology program at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is currently Professor of Radiology and Surgery. A prolific author and lecturer, Soulen served on the boards of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), the SIR Foundation, and the Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations (WCIO). He is a fellow of the SIR and of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)