Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
ISSN: 2161-0665
R Shaikh
Boston Children��?s Hospital, USA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediat Therapeut
Objectives: While the use of interventional techniques to treat adult oncology patients is well established, the translation of these techniques to the pediatric realm continues to evolve. Interventional approaches provide a valuable alternative for disease treatment and symptom management. The pioneering use of interventional techniques to treat and palliate oncologic disease in pediatric patients is overdue. We evaluated pediatric patients who underwent different interventional procedures for cancer treatment or palliation at our institution. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and imaging studies of all pediatric patients with cancer who underwent interventional procedures e.g. cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, sclerotherapy and transarterial embolization at our institution. Patient and disease demographics, interventional procedures performed and outcomes were documented. Symptomatic and radiological changes were evaluated and compared pre and post procedure. Results: 198 pts (5-20 yrs.; mean age 12.5 yrs.) underwent interventional oncological procedures for different indications. The outcome of these interventions was individually evaluated at procedural level. Conclusions: Interventional oncology in pediatric age group is an evolving specialty. Our experience demonstrates that these procedures are feasible and provide a safe and minimally invasive treatment and/ or palliative option in clinical care of children with cancer.