title: Image-guided lung tumor ablation: principle, technique, and current status.
abstract: Image-guided tumor ablation for lung malignancies has emerged as a treatment modality for medically inoperable patients. Overall, image-guided lung tumor ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that has an acceptable safety profile and less impact on lung function. This is important for patients with poor pulmonary and/or cardiac functions or with multiple comorbidities, which prevent them from undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Herein, we review the principle, techniques, clinical application, and patient outcomes of image-guided lung tumor ablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chun-Ku
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hsiao-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Ming-Huei
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sheu
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*