Open AccessExpert consensus workshop report
Author(s) -
Xin Ye,
Weijun Fan,
Hui Wang,
Junjie Wang,
Zhongmin Wang,
Shanzhi Gu,
Wen Feng,
Yibo Zhuang,
Baodong Liu,
Xiaoguang Li,
Yuliang Li,
Chengli Li,
Yueyong Xiao,
Po Song Yang,
Xia Yang,
Wuwei Yang,
Junhui Chen,
Rong Zhang,
Zhengyu Lin,
Zhiqiang Meng,
Kaiwen Hu,
Chen Liu,
Zhongmin Peng,
Yue Han,
Yong Jin,
Guangyan Lei,
Bo Zhai,
Guanghui Huang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_221_18
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , radiation therapy , modalities , treatment of lung cancer , treatment modality , multidisciplinary team , multidisciplinary approach , tumor ablation , radiofrequency ablation , cancer , general surgery , intensive care medicine , medical physics , ablation , surgery , oncology , social science , nursing , sociology
Although surgical resection with curative intent is the main therapy for both primary and metastatic lung tumors, about 80% of lung cancers cannot be removed by surgery. Because most patients with unresectable lung cancer only receive limited benefits from traditional radiotherapy and chemotherapy, many novel local treatment modalities have emerged including local ablation therapy. The Minimally Invasive Treatment of Lung Cancer Branch, Professional Committee of Minimally Invasive Treatment of Cancer of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association and Committee on Tumor Ablations, Chinese College of Interventionalists have organized multidisciplinary experts to develop guidelines for this treatment modality. These guidelines aim at standardizing thermal ablation procedures, describing the indications for candidates, assessing outcomes, and preventing postablation complications.