Lisa Rooney, a member of the CT or CAT radiology team, works closely with patients during their kidney tumor ablation, among other procedures, ensuring safety and accuracy are maximized, while giving the patient the best possible experience.
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Some patients with kidney tumors have a high risk of surgical complications because of their age or health status. For those patients, kidney tumor ablation offers a promising alternative to nephrectomy. Ablation is a nonsurgical procedure that is effective with small tumors.
Image-sharing network Mammosphere recently hosted #Mammochat, the first in a series of Twitter chats aimed at encouraging communication between healthcare representatives and patients.
Patients with kidney tumors sometimes have treatment options and at UCSF, an outcome-focused commitment across departments will often result in a combination of these approaches.
Join us in congratulating Thomas Hope, MD, the 2016 recipient of the Marc Tetalman Award and the Robert E. Henkin Government Relations Fellowship, both given by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI.)