The main contents of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Image-Guided Thermal Ablation
(IGTA) of Primary and Metastatic Lung Tumors (2022 Edition) include the following …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, with approximately 1.6 million
cancer related deaths each year. Prognosis is best in patients with early stage disease …

The potential for using non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF; at frequencies from 0 Hz
up to the THz range) for medical purposes has been of interest since many decades. A …

Introduction The ECLIPSE study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of cryoablation
(CA) for local tumor control in patients with pulmonary metastatic disease in 5 years of follow …

Background: Image-guided percutaneous thermal ablation is an established treatment
option for early-stage lung cancer in medically inoperable patients but carries a high risk of …

Although surgical lobectomy with systematic mediastinal lymph node evaluation is
considered as the “gold standard” for management of early stage non–small cell lung cancer …

Rationale Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is the standard of care for inoperable
early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Use of image guided thermal ablation …

Abstract Purpose To state the Society of Interventional Radiology's position on the use of
image-guided thermal ablation for the treatment of early stage non-small cell lung cancer …

Background Endobronchial microwave ablation via flexible catheter offers the potential for
local therapy for inoperable peripheral lung cancer. The study aimed to evaluate the …

Purpose To provide guidance on quality improvement thresholds for outcomes and
complications of image-guided thermal ablation for the treatment of early stage non-small …