Palliative procedures in lung cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Palliative care aims to optimize comfort and function when cure is not possible. Image-guided interventions for palliative treatment of lung cancer is aimed at local control of advanced disease in the affected lung, adjacent mediastinal structures, or distant metastatic sites. These procedures include endovascular therapy for superior vena cava syndrome, bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis associated with lung cancer, and ablation of osseous metastasis. Pathophysiology, clinical presentation, indications of these palliative treatments, procedural techniques, complications, and possible future interventions are discussed in this article.

publication date

  • June 1, 2013

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3709941

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84878418842

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1055/s-0033-1342962

PubMed ID

  • 24436537

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 2