DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2012.9016 Ablation of lung tumours

Radiofrequency, laser, microwave and cryotherapy have all been used for the ablation of lung tumours. However, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation are the most widely used technologies. RFA has been suc-cessfully applied to tumour measuring from53 to 3.5 cm, either primary or secondary. Lung function usually recovers to pre-ablation values following an initial reduction and the complication profile is well understood