Patients with stage I non small cell lung cancer unfit for or refused surgery will be treated with MWA in the primary tumor sites.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Patient has a histologically or cytologically verified NSCLC,
2. The tumors small enough to treat (usually \<4 cm), and without chest pleura invasion.
3. Clinical stage I NSCLC with no other sites of disease,.
4. Patient is not a candidate for surgical removal of the cancer, or refused surgery.
5. Patient is not a candidate for radiation therapy, or refused radiation therapy.
6. Patient has \> 6 month life expectancy.
7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 to 2.
8. No prior anticancer treatments including surgery, radiation,chemotherapy or local treatments.
9. Sufficient organ functions.
10. Written informed consent.
You may not be if
1. Active bacterial or fungous infection.
2. Simultaneous or metachronous (within the past 5 years) double cancers.
3. Women during pregnancy or breast-feeding.
4. Interstitial pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis, or severe pulmonary emphysema.
5. Uncontrollable diabetes mellitus.
6. History of severe heart disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction within the past 6 months or attack of angina pectoris within the past 6 months.
Clareo Health | Microwave Ablation in the Treatment of Stage I Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
