title: Percutaneous imaging-guided cryoablation for lung cancer.
abstract: Percutaneous cryoablation under imaging guidance has been proved to be a safe and effective method for ablation and debulking of tumors, providing radical cure or palliation, as the case may be, for patients with different stages of disease. The local control rate is high with cryoablation, and the complications are usually controllable, making it a reasonable choice in lung cancer treatment. In this paper the technique and mechanism of action of cryoablation are summarized, and studies performed on the application of percutaneous cryoablation in various stages of lung cancer are reviewed. Its emerging application in the treatment of pure ground-glass nodules (GGNs) is also introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicene, Guangzhou 510665, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Shi
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicene, Guangzhou 510665, China.
authors.forename: Li-Zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Zhong-Hai
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ji-Bing
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicene, Guangzhou 510665, China.
authors.forename: Ke-Cheng
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Xu
keywords: Cryoablation; ground-glass nodule (GGN); lung neoplasms