From Mass General: Ablative therapies for lung cancer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21508737

J Thorac Imaging. 2011 May;26(2):162-74.
How I do it: radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation of lung tumors.
Sharma A, Moore WH, Lanuti M, Shepard JA.

Source
Departments of *Radiology †Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY ‡Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Abstract
Lung cancer is the most common cause of death in adults. The treatment of choice is surgical resection with lobectomy, but a significant number of patients are non-surgical candidates due to comorbidities or limited pulmonary reserve. Patients may also have recurrent disease after resection or radiotherapy. Image ablation has recently been introduced as a safe, alternative treatment for localized disease in carefully selected patients. This article discusses the principles, technique, and follow-up of the 2 main ablative therapies currently used in the lung, radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation.