TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous image-guided ablation of lung tumors
AU - Alzubaidi, Sadeer J.
AU - Liou, Harris
AU - Saini, Gia
AU - Segaran, Nicole
AU - Kriegshauser, J. Scott
AU - Naidu, Sailendra G.
AU - Patel, Indravadan J.
AU - Oklu, Rahmi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Tumors of the lung, including primary cancer and metastases, are notoriously common and difficult to treat. Although surgical resection of lung lesions is often indicated, many conditions disqualify patients from being surgical candidates. Percutaneous image-guided lung ablation is a relatively new set of techniques that offers a promising treatment option for a variety of lung tumors. Although there have been no clinical trials to definitively compare its efficacy to those of traditional treatments, lung ablation is widely practiced and generally accepted to be safe and effective. Especially encouraging results have recently emerged for cryoablation, one of the newer ablative techniques. This article reviews the indications, techniques, contraindications, and complications of percutaneous image-guided ablation of lung tumors with special attention to cryoablation and its recent developments in protocol optimization.
AB - Tumors of the lung, including primary cancer and metastases, are notoriously common and difficult to treat. Although surgical resection of lung lesions is often indicated, many conditions disqualify patients from being surgical candidates. Percutaneous image-guided lung ablation is a relatively new set of techniques that offers a promising treatment option for a variety of lung tumors. Although there have been no clinical trials to definitively compare its efficacy to those of traditional treatments, lung ablation is widely practiced and generally accepted to be safe and effective. Especially encouraging results have recently emerged for cryoablation, one of the newer ablative techniques. This article reviews the indications, techniques, contraindications, and complications of percutaneous image-guided ablation of lung tumors with special attention to cryoablation and its recent developments in protocol optimization.
KW - Cryoablation
KW - Lung ablation
KW - Percutaneous ablation
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U2 - 10.3390/jcm10245783
DO - 10.3390/jcm10245783
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85120822035
SN - 2077-0383
VL - 10
JO - Journal of Clinical Medicine
JF - Journal of Clinical Medicine
IS - 24
M1 - 5783
ER -