Radiofrequency Ablation In Inoperable Lung Cancer Yields Results
Main Category: Lung CancerArticle Date: 30 Oct 2006 - 6:00 PDT
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Patients with lung cancer who were deemed medically inoperable showed mid-to-long-term results when treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA), according to new research. Over a 30-month period, 16 patients with non-small cell lung cancer underwent 19 RFA treatments and follow-up CT-PET scans. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital noted successful completion in all patients, with no 30-day mortality, and 81 percent of patients remained alive after a mean follow-up of nine months. Also, the incidence of major complications remained low. Researchers concluded that RFA treatment in carefully selected, inoperable, lung cancer patients provides excellent control in tumors less than three centimeters.
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posted by Reader on 14 Dec 2007 at 2:53 amThe article is informative however a bit too brief... Many readers would be grateful to know *where* the RF ablation procedures are performed.
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