What are procedures for lung cancer treatment?
- Pneumonectomy - Removal of the entire lung.
- Lobectomy - Removal of the lobe of the lung that contained the tumor.
- Segmentectomy or wedge resection - removal of the part of the lobe that has the tumor.
- Sleeve resection - Remove a tumor from the large airway.
- Resection - Removal of isolated metastases by surgery.
- Ablation - Removal of isolated metastases by ablation.
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) - Remove small tumors from the lung
- External radiation - EBRT (e.g.,m EBRT, 3D-CRT, IMRT, SBRT, SRS)
- Brachytherapy - Internal radiation
- Cranial irradiation - Radiation to the brain.
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