Project Overview:

Hepatic tumor ablation is an increasingly useful option in the treatment of both metastatic colorectal cancer and primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Ablation has also been used in palliative care of neuroendocrine tumors and in treatment of tumors in other locations, such as kidney, breast, lung, and bone. It has been limited by variably high recurrence rates, small lesion sizes, and difficult imaging of both tumors and ablation lesions. We have established a multidisciplinary working group of researchers interested in tumor ablation, including surgeons, radiologists, engineers, and medical physicists. Some of our current projects include:

  • Finite element analysis of radiofrequency and cryoablation

  • Characterization of microwave ablation

  • Multiple probe hepatic ablation

  • Elastographic and thermographic ultrasonography of ablation

  • Robot-assisted ablation

For more information, please read the "Introduction to Hepatic Tumor Ablation".

Dates to Remember:

  • Weekly lab meeting, Tuesdays at 4pm in room G5/320 CSC
  • 5/29/02 AAS abstract due (Boston 11/7-9)
  • 7/1/02 Southern Surgical abstract due (Palm Beach 12/1-3)
  • 8/1/02 SUS abstract due (Houston 2/12-2/15)

  • 9/1/02 Central Surgical (Toronto 3/20-22) and SSO (LA 3/6-3/9) abstracts due 
  • 12/1/02-12/6/02 RSNA (Chicago, IL)