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Is Cryotherapy the Optimal Technology for Ablation of Lung Tumors?
Primary lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Lobectomy is the treatment of choice for early-stage non–small-cell lung cancer. For patients who are not suitable surgical candidates, nonsurgical treatment options include radiation therapy and image-guided thermal ablation. Pulmonary metastases are present in 25%–30% of patients who die from cancer, regardless of the type of primary cancer. For patients in whom all metastases can be surgically removed from both lungs, metastasectomy improves cancer-specific survival. For patients who may not be good surgical candidates, image-guided thermal...
Published By: MedWorm/DeathRecovery - Wednesday, 22 February
