Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7, Supplement , Pages S409-S416 , July 2009

Reporting Standards for Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma

  • Timothy W.I. Clark, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to T.W.I.C., c/o Tricia McClenny, Society of Interventional Radiology, 3975 Fair Ridge Dr, Suite 400 North, Fairfax, VA 22033
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  • Steven F. Millward, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Western Ontario, Peterborough Regional Health Center, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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  • Debra A. Gervais, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gastrointestinal/Genitourinary Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • S. Nahum Goldberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Clement J. Grassi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts
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  • Thomas B. Kinney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California
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  • David A. Phillips, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts
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  • David Sacks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, Pennsylvania
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  • John F. Cardella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • Technology Assessment Committee of the Society of Interventional Radiology

Received 19 June 2006 ,Revised 29 June 2006 ,Accepted 3 July 2006.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

 This article first appeared in J Vasc Interv Radiol 2006; 17:1563–1570.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00310-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.013

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7, Supplement , Pages S409-S416 , July 2009

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