Fengkuo Xu

1 Introduction Globally, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the predominant cause of cancer-related death,[1] and surgical resection remains the standard therapy.[2] Indeed, 25–30% of patients are at high risk for surgery, such as those with poor cardiopulmonary function and elderly individuals.[3, 4] Percutaneous image-guided thermal ablation (IGTA) is a super minimally invasive treatment option for medically inoperable patients that spares lung parenchyma and has been endorsed by...

Jing Sang,1,2,* Peng Liu,1,3,* Meixiang Wang,1 Fengkuo Xu,1 Ji Ma,1 Zhigang Wei,1 Xin Ye1 1Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Lung Cancer Institute, Shandong Key Laboratory of Rheumatic Disease and Translational Medicine, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, People’s Republic of...