title: How I do it: radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation of lung tumors.
abstract: Lung cancer is the most common cause of death in adults. The treatment of choice is surgical resection with lobectomy, but a significant number of patients are non-surgical candidates due to comorbidities or limited pulmonary reserve. Patients may also have recurrent disease after resection or radiotherapy. Image ablation has recently been introduced as a safe, alternative treatment for localized disease in carefully selected patients. This article discusses the principles, technique, and follow-up of the 2 main ablative therapies currently used in the lung, radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Founders 202, Boston, MA 02114, USA. asharma2@partners.org
authors.forename: Amita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanuti
authors.forename: Jo-Anne O
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shepard
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed