Pioneering lung cancer treatment uses a hot needle to zap tumours in just 30 minutes

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Channel: Creative-Tube · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Pioneering lung cancer treatment uses a hot needle to zap tumours in just 30 minutes allowing patients to avoid invasive and life-changing surgery

    The groundbreaking new hot needle treatment is called radiofrequency ablation
    At the same time as using the needle, doctors are able to carry out a biopsy
    This is used for testing to see whether cancer is aggressive and likely to spread
    Treatment is therefore able to both diagnose and destroy hard-to-reach tumours 
    Currently most lung-cancer patients have repeat procedures to remove tumour

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