Computed tomography-guided percutaneous microwave ablation of early stage non-small cell lung cancer in a pneumonectomy patient

Thorac Cancer. 2016 Jan;7(1):151-3. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.12244. Epub 2015 Jun 15.

Abstract

A squamous cell lung cancer patient was treated with pneumonectomy. A recurrent lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) was found 45 months later and successfully biopsied and treated with microwave ablation. After 18 months of follow up, no evidence of tumor recurrence was observed.

Keywords: Lung cancer; microwave ablation; pneumonectomy.