Radiologically guided percutaneous cryotherapy for soft tissue tumours: A promising treatment - 30/03/13

Doi : 10.1016/j.diii.2013.02.001

F. Cornelis ^a,^⁎ , M. Havez ^a, N. Lippa ^b, S. Al-Ammari ^b, D. Verdier ^a, T. Carteret ^c, N. Amoretti ^d, A. Gangi ^e, J. Palussiere ^b, O. Hauger ^a, N. Grenier ^a
^a Adult Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Department, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France
^b Radiology Department, institut Bergonié, 229, cours de l’Argonne, 33076 Bordeaux, France
^c Radiology Department, hôpital Saint-André, CHU de Bordeaux, 1, place Jean-Burguet, 33076 Bordeaux, France
^d Radiology Department, hospital Archet-2, CHU de Nice, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06202 Nice, France
^e Radiology Department, hôpital civil, CHU de Strasbourg, 1, place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France

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Abstract

Studies of percutaneous cryotherapy in the treatment of benign or malignant soft tissue tumours are rare and mainly involve small populations. Nevertheless, results show cryotherapy’s potential in terms of local control of tumours, analgesic efficacy, reduced intra- and postoperative complications, and reduction in the length of convalescence after the procedure. The objective of this update is to set out the short-term prospects for this technique in the treatment of soft tissue tumours, so that it may be more widely offered in these indications.

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Keywords : Tumour, Sarcoma, Metastases, Vascular malformation, Desmoid tumour, Imaging, Cryotherapy, Soft tissue