tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12660458.post7184239395443031208..comments2023-09-01T10:33:09.297-04:00Comments on Pulmonary Roundtable: Alternatives to surgeryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12660458.post-61170189792178914332007-02-12T13:44:00.000-05:002007-02-12T13:44:00.000-05:00Stereotactic Body Radiation therapy has had excell...Stereotactic Body Radiation therapy has had excellent results in Japan and is being explored in the US for T1 or T2 tumors without nodal inovlvement. It delivers a high dose of external beam radiaiton with curative intent to the tumor. Local control is similar to historical controls for surgery and the therapy is well tolerated. There are articles by Timmerman about this approach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12660458.post-53127366833906847392007-02-07T22:05:00.000-05:002007-02-07T22:05:00.000-05:00Presuming that she would not consider a wedge rese...Presuming that she would not consider a wedge resection, and there is fear that definitive radiation won't be tolerated, options are limited. For a 2cm lesion, if the location is amenable, radiofrequency ablation can be considered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com