...Masamitsu Hamakawa; Takashi Niwa; Yasushi Fukuda; Toshihide Yokoyama; Tadashi Ishida Introduction: Transbronchial cryoablation has been performed for peripheral but not central airway malignant tumor. We demonstrate transbronchial cryoablation in 2 patients with central airway lesions. Case...

... Pulmonary nodules Bronchoscopy Radiofrequency ablation Microwave ablation Cryoablation Lung cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide, with a high incidence and mortality rate [ 1 ]. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, which poses great challenges to treatment [ 2...

...Xiaoxuan Zheng; Chi Yang; Xueyan Zhang; Haibin Yuan; Fangfang Xie; Ying Li; Baikai Xu; Felix J.F. Herth; Jiayuan Sun Background: Percutaneous cryoablation has been used for the treatment of lung cancer and has been shown to be safe and effective. However, some lung cancer lesions cannot be reached...