Selected article for: "lobectomy resection and lung cancer"

Author: Sharma, Amita; Moore, William H; Lanuti, Michael; Shepard, Jo-Anne O
Title: How I do it: radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation of lung tumors.
  • Cord-id: jb08hxa6
  • Document date: 2011_1_1
  • ID: jb08hxa6
    Snippet: Lung cancer is the most common cause of death in adults. The treatment of choice is surgical resection with lobectomy, but a significant number of patients are non-surgical candidates due to comorbidities or limited pulmonary reserve. Patients may also have recurrent disease after resection or radiotherapy. Image ablation has recently been introduced as a safe, alternative treatment for localized disease in carefully selected patients. This article discusses the principles, technique, and follow
    Document: Lung cancer is the most common cause of death in adults. The treatment of choice is surgical resection with lobectomy, but a significant number of patients are non-surgical candidates due to comorbidities or limited pulmonary reserve. Patients may also have recurrent disease after resection or radiotherapy. Image ablation has recently been introduced as a safe, alternative treatment for localized disease in carefully selected patients. This article discusses the principles, technique, and follow-up of the 2 main ablative therapies currently used in the lung, radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation.

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