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Joan M 04-28-2008 07:56 PM

Treatment Gives Lung Cancer Patients ...
 
ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2008) — Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)—an interventional treatment that “cooks” and kills lung cancer tumors with heat—greatly improves survival time from primary or metastatic inoperable lung tumors, according to a new study. Of the 244 patients suffering from lung metastases (195 patients) or primary non-small cell lung cancer (49 patients), 70 percent were still alive at two years, including 72 percent for lung metastases and 64 percent for primary lung cancer.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0318225500.htm


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