Treatment of early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), brachytherapy, electrocautery, cryotherapy, and Nd-YAG laser therapy are therapeutic options available for management of endobronchial malignancies. All of these treatment modalities have been used for both palliation of late obstructing cancers, and more recently have been used as primary treatment of early radiographically occult cancers. We reviewed the evidence for the use of these treatment options in the management of early lung cancer.
Mathur
Praveen N
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Indiana University Medical Center, 550 North University Boulevard, Suite 5450, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2879, USA.
Edell
Eric
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Sutedja
Tom
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Vergnon
Jean-Michel
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D001918:Brachytherapy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017679:Cryotherapy; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010778:Photochemotherapy