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Image-Guided Ablation Treatment for Lung Cancer Patients

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The majority of lung cancer patients are not surgical candidates, either to advanced disease or comorbidities. Radiotherapy has been the traditional fallback treatment for localized disease with improved results due to the newer stereotactic techniques. Thermal ablation is a minimally invasive CT-guided percutaneous treatment that is commonly used with this group of patients, and the published results are very promising. Currently, the most widely used ablation technique in the treatment of lung malignancies is radiofrequency ablation (RFA), followed by microwave ablation (MWA) and cryoablation (CA). Recent studies with MWA and CA have shown some advantages particularly with larger tumors. Further research with these thermal techniques is necessary to determine the clinical indications, treatment strategy, and follow-up. This chapter will cover the application of thermal ablation in the thorax, patient selection, basic aspects of the procedure and techniques, imaging follow-up, and patient outcomes.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI, 02903, USA

    Damian E. Dupuy M.D., FACR (Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Director of Tumor Ablation)

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  2. Department of Pneumology and, University of Heidelberg, 5 Amalienstr., Heidelberg, 69126, Germany

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Dupuy, D.E. (2013). Image-Guided Ablation Treatment for Lung Cancer Patients. In: Ernst, A., Herth, F. (eds) Principles and Practice of Interventional Pulmonology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4292-9_52

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