Medical Students and Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology and Hcc

Hepatocellular cancer (hcc) is the 2nd most frequent cause of cancer-related death in men and the 6th in women1. In 2008, the number of new liver cancer cases was estimated to be 748,300 worldwide, and 695,900 deaths were attributed to liver cancer that same year1. Overall, liver transplantation, surgical resection, and locoregional therapies are the treatment options for hcc. However, only a s...

South East Asian Society of Interventional Radiology (SEASIR): state and future of radiology in interventional radiology

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.-Sir Winston Churchill Healthcare is widely viewed as an essential service and even a right of all members of society. Global dynamic changes within the past decade in the legislative, financial and technological areas have had a dramatic effect on the practice of radiology. Interventional radiology is no exception. The provision of basic he...

Teaching of chest radiology to medical students.

The method of teaching chest roentgenobogy to medical students at the University of Oregon Medical School is based upon the premise that useful knowledge cannot be attained without practical experience. In a medical school, brilliant teachers cannot serve in lieu of actual patients. Lectures, though superbly organized, illustrated and delivered do not constitute an adequate substitute for reali...

Curriculum of Interventional Radiology for Clinical Medical Undergraduates

Interventional Chest Radiology

Transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) of pulmonary nodules requires the skills of two specialists: (1) the radiologist and (2) the pathologist. From the radiologist’s perspective, the goal is very simple: to obtain a sufficient amount of material through the needle to allow the pathologist to make a diagnosis with a minimum of complications to the patient. Similarly, the goal of the pathologist is ...