Radio
Frequency Ablation of Inoperable Lung Tumors
Lung cancer is the leading cause of
cancer deaths in U.S. men and women.
Lung cancer has a tremendous impact
on U.S. mortality, with an estimated 161,840 deaths
in 2008 in men and women combined.[1] Lung cancer
incidence and mortality rates increased markedly through
most of the last century, first in men and then in women.
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Lung
cancer now accounts for 15% of new cancer cases and 29%
of all cancer deaths each year in the United States.[1]
Death rates for lung cancer in women surpassed those
for breast cancer in 1987, and lung cancer is now the
leading cause of cancer deaths in both genders. In 2008,
it is estimated that there will be 70,598 deaths
among U.S. women due to lung cancer, compared to 40,730
due to breast cancer.[1]
Dr. David Nielson,
M.D., director of the Center for Minimally Invasive
Thoracic Surgery is using a new procedure called Radio
Frequency Ablation to destroy non-resectable primary
lung tumors that have spread to the lungs.
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References
1. American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008. Atlanta,
Ga: American Cancer Society, 2008. Also available online. Last
accessed Sept. 08, 2008.
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