When cancer cells metastasize from malignant tumors in different parts of the human body, they often transfer to the lungs. The main treatment modality for lung metastases is surgical resection. Removing these tumors using traditional surgery not only increases trauma, but can inadvertently remove adjacent healthy lung tissue and diminish a patient’s lung function.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine has conducted the world’s first procedure using the novel robotic-assisted bronchoscopic microwave ablation to successfully remove lung metastases.
