Tumor ablation

Tumor ablation, or image-guided tumor ablation, is the direct application of chemical or energy-based (i.e. thermal and nonthermal) treatments to cause local tumor destruction. Techniques include:

• energy-based techniques
  • thermal ablation
    • radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
    • microwave ablation (MWA)
    • cryoablation
  • non-thermal ablation
    • irreversible electroporation (IRE)
• non-energy based techniques 
  • chemical ablation