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Percutaneous Cryoablation of Lung Cancer in High Risk Patients  

Lee, Sung-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Anam Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Chung, Jae-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Anam Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Jo, Sung-Beom (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital)
Ham, Soo-Youn (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital)
Son, Ho-Sung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Anam Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Kim, Kwang-Taik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Anam Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.39, no.12, 2006 , pp. 953-956 More about this Journal
Abstract
Surgical resection is the most effective treatment in operable lung cancers. However, less invasive local treatments are being applicated to the patients having high surgical risk due to their poor general condition. Cryosurgery is known to be highly effective and safe in the treatment of liver and prostate cancers and it is also being applicated in the treatment of lung cancers, especially with the excision of tracheal mass and lung parenchymal cancers. In our hospital, we have tried a less Invasive method, the cryotherapy, to a patient who had a newly developed lung cancer at his right lower lobe after he had been treated with right upper lobe resection and left upper lobe resection due to bilateral lung cancels. After the treatment, he is being followed up at our out patient department for 2 years. Here, we present the method and result that have been applicated in this case.
Keywords
Lung neoplasms; Ablation; Cryosurgery;
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