Cancer Care

Interventional Radiology

Our Cancer Center team offers the following minimally invasive therapies:

• Port placements: a medical device placed just under a patient’s skin that allows for less painful and more reliable IV therapy access.
• Tumor directed arterial embolization: arterial treatment of malignant and benign tumors, most commonly affecting the liver and uterus.
• Tumor ablation therapy: image guided procedures which destroy a tumor in the body without the need for a surgical resection.
• Cryoablation: freezing of a malignant tumor allowing for its complete destruction. Typically used for malignant tumors of the kidney, lung, bone and liver.
• Emprint Thermosphere™ Ablation: technique employing microwave therapy to burn and destroy malignant tumors of the liver, kidneys, lung, and bone.
• Image guided palliative procedures: numerous imaged procedures to help manage complications related to cancer and cancer therapies.