Cryotherapy for breast fibroadenomasPeter J Littrup
Department of Radiology, and the Karmanos Cancer Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Harper University Hospital, 3990 John R St, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Radiology 234:63-72. 2005
..To assess freezing protocols, imaging, and clinical outcomes of percutaneous ultrasonographically (US)-guided cryotherapy for breast fibroadenomas...
- CT-guided percutaneous cryotherapy of renal masses
Peter J Littrup
Biostatistics Unit, Wayne State University, 110 East Warren, Hudson Weber Building, Suite 504, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 18:383-92. 2007
..To assess the results of initial and current techniques for percutaneous renal cryotherapy, including long-term imaging outcomes...
Percutaneous cryoablation of metastatic lesions from non-small-cell lung carcinoma: initial survival, local control, and cost observationsHyun J Bang
Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 23:761-9. 2012
..To assess feasibility, complications, local tumor recurrences, overall survival (OS), and estimates of cost effectiveness for multisite cryoablation (MCA) of oligometastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
- Percutaneous cryoablation of metastatic renal cell carcinoma for local tumor control: feasibility, outcomes, and estimated cost-effectiveness for palliation
Hyun J Bang
Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 23:770-7. 2012
..To assess complications, local tumor recurrences, overall survival (OS), and estimates of cost-effectiveness for multisite cryoablation (MCA) of oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)...
- Cryotherapy for breast cancer: a feasibility study without excision
Peter J Littrup
Department of Radiology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, 721 Harper Prof Bldg Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 20:1329-41. 2009
..To assess the feasibility of percutaneous multiprobe breast cryoablation (BC) for diverse presentations of cancers that remained in situ after BC...
- Office-based ultrasound-guided cryoablation of breast fibroadenomas
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Bellingham Breast Center, 2940 Squalicum Pkwy, Suite 101, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Am J Surg 184:394-400. 2002
..Alternatives to open surgery include tumor removal using an automated coring device and tumor ablation using heating or cooling elements. We report our initial experience with cryoablation of biopsy-proven benign fibroadenomas...
- Office-based cryoablation of breast fibroadenomas with long-term follow-up
Cary S Kaufman
University of Washington and the Bellingham Breast Center, Bellingham, Washington 98225, USA
Breast J 11:344-50. 2005
..Cryoablation should be considered a preferred option for those patients desiring definitive therapy for their fibroadenomas without surgical intervention...
- Breast ultrasound tomography versus MRI for clinical display of anatomy and tumor rendering: preliminary results
Bryan Ranger
Karmanos Cancer Institute, 3990 John R Rd, Harper Professional Bldg, Ste 710, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 198:233-9. 2012
..The objective of our study was to determine the clinical display thresholds of an ultrasound tomography prototype relative to MRI for comparable visualization of breast anatomy and tumor rendering...
- Image-guided percutaneous cryotherapy for the management of gynecologic cancer metastases
Leigh A Solomon
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI, USA
Gynecol Oncol 111:202-7. 2008
..To report the clinical response to image-guided percutaneous cryotherapy (IPC) for the palliative management of localized metastases in patients with gynecologic malignancies...
Lethal isotherms of cryoablation in a phantom study: effects of heat load, probe size, and numberPeter J Littrup
Department of Radiology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, 721 Harper Professional Building, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 20:1343-51. 2009
..To assess the effects on the proportions of lethal ice (ie, colder than -30 degrees C) in phantoms with different heat loads created by varying the size and number of cryoprobes spaced 2 cm apart...
- Optimizing the protocol for pulmonary cryoablation: a comparison of a dual- and triple-freeze protocol
J Louis Hinshaw
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Mail Code 3252, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 3252, USA
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 33:1180-5. 2010
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- Contemporary impact of transrectal ultrasound lesions for prostate cancer detection
Rahmi Onur
Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Prostate Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Urol 172:512-4. 2004
..For impalpable tumors TRUS findings are not contributory for staging...
- The extent of cryosurgery increases the complication rate after hepatic cryoablation
Richard L Sohn
Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Am Surg 69:317-22; discussion 322-3. 2003
..010) and LOS (8.6 +/- 6.8 vs 6.0 +/- 4.0; P = 0.019). Multivariate analysis, however, showed intraoperative TEA > or = 30 cm2 to be the most significant independent predictor of increased complications and prolonged LOS...
- Office-based cryoablation of breast fibroadenomas: 12-month followup
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington and the Bellingham Breast Center, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
J Am Coll Surg 198:914-23. 2004
..Ultrasonography-guided cryoablation is a preferred option for treatment of breast fibroadenomas without open surgery...
- Cryoablation treatment of benign breast lesions with 12-month follow-up
Cary S Kaufman
University of Washington and the Bellingham Breast Center, 2940 Squalicum Parkway, Suite 101, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Am J Surg 188:340-8. 2004
..Ultrasound-guided cryoablation is an effective and safe treatment for benign breast lesions, as seen at 12-month follow-up, and offers an office-based, minimally invasive alternative to surgical excision...
