Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART I PRINCIPLES OF ONCOLOGY
- PART II PRINCIPLES OF IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPIES
- PART III ORGAN-SPECIFIC CANCERS
- 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Screening
- 10 Staging Systems for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 11 Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Medical Management
- 12 Surgical Management (Resection)
- 13 Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 14 Image-guided Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 15 Embolization of Liver Tumors: Anatomy
- 16 Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization: Technique and Future Potential
- 17 New Concepts in Targeting and Imaging Liver Cancer
- 18 Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
- 19 Medical Management of Colorectal Liver Metastasis
- 20 Surgical Resection of Hepatic Metastases
- 21 Clinical Management of Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastasis Using Hepatic Arterial Infusion
- 22 Colorectal Metastases: Ablation
- 23 Colorectal Metastases: Chemoembolization
- 24 Radioembolization with 90Yttrium Microspheres for Colorectal Liver Metastases
- 25 Carcinoid and Related Neuroendocrine Tumors
- 26 Interventional Radiology for the Treatment of Liver Metastases from Neuroendocrine Tumors
- 27 Immunoembolization for Melanoma
- 28 Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization
- 29 Cancer of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts and the Gallbladder: Surgical Management
- 30 Extrahepatic Biliary Cancer: High Dose Rate Brachytherapy and Photodynamic Therapy
- 31 Extrahepatic Biliary Cancer/Biliary Drainage
- 32 Surgical and Medical Treatment
- 33 Percutaneous Renal Ablation
- 34 Embolotherapy in the Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma
- 35 Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Staging and the Medical-Surgical Management of Lung Cancers
- 36 Image-guided Ablation in the Thorax
- 37 Interventional Treatment Methods for Unresectable Lung Tumors
- 38 Interventional Neuroradiology in Head and Neck Oncology
- 39 Percutaneous Ablation of Painful Metastases Involving Bone
- 40 Intra-arterial Therapy for Sarcomas
- 41 Prostate Cryoablation: A Role for the Radiologist in Treating Prostate Cancer?
- PART IV SPECIALIZED INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES IN CANCER CARE
- INDEX
- Plate section
- References
37 - Interventional Treatment Methods for Unresectable Lung Tumors
from PART III - ORGAN-SPECIFIC CANCERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART I PRINCIPLES OF ONCOLOGY
- PART II PRINCIPLES OF IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPIES
- PART III ORGAN-SPECIFIC CANCERS
- 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Screening
- 10 Staging Systems for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 11 Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Medical Management
- 12 Surgical Management (Resection)
- 13 Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 14 Image-guided Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 15 Embolization of Liver Tumors: Anatomy
- 16 Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization: Technique and Future Potential
- 17 New Concepts in Targeting and Imaging Liver Cancer
- 18 Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
- 19 Medical Management of Colorectal Liver Metastasis
- 20 Surgical Resection of Hepatic Metastases
- 21 Clinical Management of Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastasis Using Hepatic Arterial Infusion
- 22 Colorectal Metastases: Ablation
- 23 Colorectal Metastases: Chemoembolization
- 24 Radioembolization with 90Yttrium Microspheres for Colorectal Liver Metastases
- 25 Carcinoid and Related Neuroendocrine Tumors
- 26 Interventional Radiology for the Treatment of Liver Metastases from Neuroendocrine Tumors
- 27 Immunoembolization for Melanoma
- 28 Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization
- 29 Cancer of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts and the Gallbladder: Surgical Management
- 30 Extrahepatic Biliary Cancer: High Dose Rate Brachytherapy and Photodynamic Therapy
- 31 Extrahepatic Biliary Cancer/Biliary Drainage
- 32 Surgical and Medical Treatment
- 33 Percutaneous Renal Ablation
- 34 Embolotherapy in the Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma
- 35 Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Staging and the Medical-Surgical Management of Lung Cancers
- 36 Image-guided Ablation in the Thorax
- 37 Interventional Treatment Methods for Unresectable Lung Tumors
- 38 Interventional Neuroradiology in Head and Neck Oncology
- 39 Percutaneous Ablation of Painful Metastases Involving Bone
- 40 Intra-arterial Therapy for Sarcomas
- 41 Prostate Cryoablation: A Role for the Radiologist in Treating Prostate Cancer?
- PART IV SPECIALIZED INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES IN CANCER CARE
- INDEX
- Plate section
- References
Summary
Malignant lung diseases are a major topic in community health. The incidence for lung cancer rapidly increased in the last century (1), and today it is the most common malignant disease worldwide. In the United States, bronchial carcinoma is the leading malignant disease for both genders, and in 2000, the incidence was 164,000 with a morbidity of 157,000 (2). Pulmonary metastases are also a challenge and occur in patients with a variety of cancers. Between 20% and 30% of patients afflicted with cancer generate pulmonary metastases (3).
The prognoses for bronchial carcinomas and metastases remain poor. Resection of stage I and II carcinomas offers the best chance in long-term survival (4–7), but only 25% to 30% of these tumors are resectable (4–6). Survival rates for bronchial carcinomas and pulmonary metastases are similar, with a mean survival for all bronchial carcinomas of 12 months (4) and a mean survival after diagnosis of non-resectable lung metastases of less than 1 year (8). Five-year survival rates of 10% for all bronchial carcinomas (5) have been reported, with a mean 5-year survival rate of 23% to 50% after resection (4, 9–11) and 1% (4) for unresectable carcinomas. In patients with lung metastases who undergo pulmonary resection, a 5-year survival rate of 20% to 46% (12–19) has been reported.
As an alternative to resection or as a neoadjuvant therapeutic option, various therapies such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy have been developed (1), and in particular, systemic chemotherapy has shown encouraging results (16, 20).
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- Interventional OncologyPrinciples and Practice, pp. 475 - 482Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008