Protocol for Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Neoplasms

Protocol for Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Neoplasms

This research trial involves the development of a new treatment for lung tumors. It is for patients whose tumor cannot be surgically removed, have refused surgery, or the tumor has not responded well to other forms of treatment. This treatment uses a needle probe to deliver energy into the lung tumor. This probe is placed utilizing a CT scan image. The energy heats the tumor causing tumor cell death.

Inclusion Criteria: The patients enrolled in this study should be judged to have sufficient survival to benefit from control of local disease and include at least one of the following:

1. unresectable primary or metastatic lung tumors
2. may benefit from multiple modalities of therapy
3. chemotherapeutic or radiation oncologic options have been exhausted

Exclusion Criteria:

1. co-existing morbidities that preclude the use of surgery