| Fibroids1: What do you see as the most important new trends in gynecology or radiology? |
| Dr. James Spies: In fibroids, there are a number of new therapies that are being evaluated, including new medical therapies and ablation techniques, such as high frequency ultrasound. As a field, interventional radiology is constantly evolving. Uterine fibroid embolization, for example, basically didnt exist in the U.S. before 1997, and now 10,000 women a year are being treated. I think well see gene-therapy innovations in the years ahead. In addition, there are now many regional therapies to treat tumors with heat, cold or microwaves. |
| Dr. James Spies: In fibroids, there are a number of new therapies that are being evaluated, including new medical therapies and ablation techniques, such as high frequency ultrasound. As a field, interventional radiology is constantly evolving. Uterine fibroid embolization, for example, basically didnt exist in the U.S. before 1997, and now 10,000 women a year are being treated. I think well see gene-therapy innovations in the years ahead. In addition, there are now many regional therapies to treat tumors with heat, cold or microwaves. |
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Dr. James Spies
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Dr. James Spies is an interventional radiologist at Georgetown University Hospital, where he has been on the faculty since 1997. For the last seven years, he has been studying and pioneering an important new treatment for fibroids known as uterine fibroid embolization.
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Dr. James Spies
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Dr. James Spies is an interventional radiologist at Georgetown University Hospital, where he has been on the faculty since 1997. For the last seven years, he has been studying and pioneering an important new treatment for fibroids known as uterine fibroid embolization.
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