title: Ablative Approaches for Pulmonary Metastases.
abstract: Pulmonary metastases are common in patients with cancer for which surgery is considered a standard approach in appropriately selected patients. A number of patients are not candidates for surgery due to a medical comorbidities or the extent of surgery required. For these patients, noninvasive or minimally invasive approaches to ablate pulmonary metastases are potential treatment strategies. This article summarizes the rationale and outcomes for non-surgical treatment approaches, including radiotherapy, radiofrequency and microwave ablation, for pulmonary metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Box 3085 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ricardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 2 St Andrews Pl, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia; The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Box 3085 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: joseph.salama@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Salama
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D059146:Metastasectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis
keywords: Ablative therapy; Oligometastases; Pulmonary metastases; Radiotherapy