Recent Advances in the Use of Microwaves in Cancer Treatments Edition 2.0

Dear Colleagues,

Recognizing the ever more pronounced contribution of the use of microwaves in cancer treatments, we decided to open a second edition of the Special Issue “Recent Advances in the Use of Microwaves in Cancer Treatments “. The significant raise in the Impact Factor of Biology (from 3.796 to 5.079) will provide enhanced visibility to this rapidly evolving field. Like the first edition, this second release aims to provide a snapshot of the current status of the use of microwaves in interventional radiology, with a focus on cancer treatment. This objective remains ambitious because of the broad diversity of advances in microwave-assisted cancer treatment, and because they are intimately interlaced with the development of other peripheral technologies such as advances in guidance technologies that play a significant role in enhancing the precision of microwave interventions. Automation, robotics-assisted procedures, and augmented reality (AR) are also emerging and will no doubt have a significant impact on the technology.

This second edition also aims to capture recent promising trends such as combinatorial procedures where microwaves are applied simultaneously or in series with drugs aiming at accelerating post-treatment healing or providing additional prolonged protection against the resurgence of the disease. It is also timely to provide some insight into the medium- to long-term impacts of these procedures on patients.

The broader objective is to gather under a single Issue a timely yet concise overview of the state of the art in the use of microwaves in interventional radiology and associated medical treatments.

Dr. Jacqueline M. R. Bélanger
Prof. Dr. J. R. Jocelyn Paré
Guest Editors

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• microwave ablation
• microwave-assisted chemical ablation
• RF ablation
• guidance technologies in interventional radiology
• augmented reality (AR) in IR procedures
• use of microwaves in combinatorial treatment
• automation of microwave-assisted radiological interventions