Lung Cancer Ablation: Technologies and Techniques

Microwave ablation for lung cancer.

Ablation for metastatic lung cancer

Since first report of RFA in lung tumor in year 2000, RFA has been demonstrated to provide 80 to 90% complete ablation for tumors less than 2 cm, with decrease in efficacy for larger tumors. Percutaneous ablation is today a valid option for lung metastases in non surgical candidates with overall survival reported after RFA is in between 56 to 67% at 3 years. Such survival reported is comparable...

Lung Cancer Segmentation and Prediction Techniques Review

Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled growth of cell in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lungs, even, into other parts of the body [18]. Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are used in the cure of lung carcinoma. In spite of that, the five-year survival rate for all stages combined is only 14% [19].The paper aims to study existi...

The present and future of thermal ablation for lung cancer.

In this issue of the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr Baisi et al. [1] from Milan have summarized some of the literature regarding the use of thermal ablation for pulmonary tumours. They have also described some of their own personal experience with 26 cases. Their primary discussion has focused on the use of radiofrequency ablation, and to a lesser extent, on microwave ablation. ...

Input Technologies and Techniques

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