Personalized Image-Guided Therapies for Local Malignencies: Interdisciplinary Options for Interventional Radiology and Interventional Radiotherapy

Attila Kovács; Peter Bischoff; Hathal Haddad; György Kovács; Andreas Schaefer; Willi Zhou; Michael Pinkawa

doi:10.3389/fonc.2021.616058

Personalized Image-Guided Therapies for Local Malignencies: Interdisciplinary Options for Interventional Radiology and Interventional Radiotherapy

Front Oncol. 2021 Apr 1:11:616058. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.616058. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Attila Kovács¹, Peter Bischoff¹, Hathal Haddad², György Kovács³, Andreas Schaefer¹, Willi Zhou¹, Michael Pinkawa²

Affiliations

¹ Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, MediClin Robert Janker Klinik, Bonn, Germany.
² Clinic for Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, MediClin Robert Janker Klinik, Bonn, Germany.
³ Gemelli-INTERACTS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Minimal-invasive interventions considerably extend the therapeutic spectrum in oncology and open new dimensions in terms of survival, tolerability and patient-friendliness. Through the influence of image-guided interventions, many interdisciplinary therapy concepts have significantly evolved, and this process is by far not yet over. The rapid progression of minimal-invasive technologies offers hope for new therapeutic concepts in the short, medium and long term. Image-guided hybrid-technologies complement and even replace in selected cases classic surgery. In this newly begun era of immune-oncology, interdisciplinary collaboration and the focus on individualized and patient-friendly therapies are crucial.

Keywords: abscopal effect; cancer immunotherapy (CI); electrochemotherapy (ECT); interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT); interventional oncology (IO); microwave ablation (MWA); radiation oncology (RO); transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).