Image-Guided Interventions

Image-guided procedures are increasingly utilised in oncology patients in diagnosis and management, with both curative and palliative intent, and are often performed in interventional radiology. Interventional radiologists, given their background in diagnostic imaging, can provide useful input to the multidisciplinary team caring for oncology patients with regard to technical feasibility of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and their likely outcomes. This chapter aims to outline available interface between interventional radiology and the rest of the multidisciplinary team in caring for palliative patients, focusing on common conditions and how imaging can be used in assessment.