Los Angeles-Area Division of Interventional Radiology
The interventional radiology team at City of Hope® Cancer Center Duarte uses leading-edge, image-guided therapies and technologies to diagnose, treat and manage many types of cancer.
As a trailblazer in interventional oncology, City of Hope is one of only two institutions in the nation — and the only provider on the West Coast — offering an advanced image-guided navigation system that enhances the precision of tumor ablation.
Our Duarte team of world-class interventional radiologists offers patients in and around Los Angeles access to minimally invasive, highly targeted treatment options that can deliver cancer therapies directly to the tumor. This level of precision means that patients recover faster, more comfortably and with far fewer post-procedure side effects — allowing us to treat cancers and patients who once were told they had few if any options for quality of life or survival.
Clinical Expertise Combined with Advanced Imaging Technology
Our L.A.-area interventional radiologists perform a wide range of image-guided therapy procedures that use advanced technologies and small incisions to detect or treat cancer. By avoiding the need for large incisions and major surgery, patients experience less pain, improved recovery and better outcomes.
Many of these procedures are performed on an outpatient basis, offering greater levels of comfort and convenience for our patients.
Advanced Ablation Techniques
The interventional radiologists at City of Hope are experts in advanced ablation techniques — minimally invasive procedures that use extreme heat or cold to destroy tumors throughout the body. These treatments may be used for cancers in the lung, liver, kidney and bone, including primary tumors and metastatic disease.
“This advanced ablation technique provides a complete workflow that allows physicians to thoroughly plan an ablation procedure, place needles with a high degree of precision and immediately verify whether the entire tumor and surrounding safety margin have been successfully treated. I recognized the potential to help us treat more patients with percutaneous ablation, improve procedural efficiency and ultimately enhance patient outcomes and quality of life.”
Jonathan Kessler, M.D., chief, Division of Interventional Radiology
Similar to a GPS system, the technology combines computed tomography (CT) imaging with artificial intelligence-powered planning and navigation tools to help physicians accurately target tumors while protecting nearby healthy tissue.
The system supports every stage of treatment, from planning the procedure and guiding needle placement to confirming that the tumor and surrounding treatment area have been fully addressed. It may be used with heat-based radiofrequency and microwave ablation, cold-based cryoablation and diagnostic procedures such as biopsies.
Benefits for patients include:
- Highly precise, image-guided treatment
- Minimally invasive alternative to some surgeries
- Faster recovery and less time in the hospital
- Same-day discharge for many patients
- Greater confidence that the targeted treatment area has been fully treated
Advanced image fusion is a technique that involves combining data from multiple imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, computed tomography or fluoroscopy, allowing our physicians to perform image-guided therapy procedures in a highly targeted, precise way.
By combining innovative treatment techniques such as radiofrequency or cryotherapy with advanced imaging technologies, our image-guided therapy clinicians can perform procedures that are designed to help manage pain associated with cancer and its treatments.
Using image-guided techniques in combination with direct visualization through endoscopy, our interventional radiology team can more accurately and precisely diagnose and treat cancers and other disorders affecting parts of the biliary system, including the gallbladder, bile ducts and liver.
The Division of Interventional Radiology works with your multidisciplinary care team to create a personalized treatment plan that incorporates targeted, image-guided therapies combined with other treatments, with the goal of achieving better outcomes and improving quality of life.
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