What is an interventional radiologist, and what are his/her qualifications to treat cancerous tumors?
Interventional radiologists are considered minimally invasive treatment specialists. They have pioneered non-surgical treatments of many serious medical conditions, beginning over 40 years ago with the advent of angioplasty to treat blocked coronary arteries. Since that time, interventional radiologists have developed a wealth of minimally invasive procedures, both catheter based and percutaneous, that have expanded the population of patients eligible for treatment, and many conditions that once required surgery can be treated non-surgically by interventional radiologists.
