Neoplasms in lungs burned in the microwave in "hopeless" patients

To date, nine patients with tumors have undergone an unpublished 10-minute operation at St. Bartholomew Hospital in London, UK, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

who had been told that they were too fragile and too degraded to undergo conventional surgeries and radiation treatments and that they had exhausted all possibilities.

The nine patients are still alive, after almost a year of doctors. underwent the new revolutionary technique .

Pioneering clinicians now believe that this procedure can help thousands of additional patients with lung cancer.

Lung cancer is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world according to data published by MSD. In 2012, there were 8.2 million cancer-related deaths, including 1.59 million for lung cancer. Estimates for Portugal in 2015 indicate a total of 4,332 cases of lung cancer of which approximately 75% in men and 55% in patients aged 65 years or older.

However, it is estimated that one in five newly diagnosed patients will not undergo salvage surgery but is extremely traumatic – because the risks are too high.

The new minimally invasive surgery. invasive and non-scarring may be the answer. "It is amazing to see how these patients who were so fragile, in an eminently terminal state are now responding so well" said Kelvin Lau, the cardiologist surgeon, pioneered this treatment in statements to the Daily Mail .

"They do not feel any pain after the procedure, they usually react well enough and are able to go home the next day, and this technique can certainly benefit patients with a stage of lung cancer who are too frail to to undergo conventional surgeries. "

This technique eliminates some of the major risks of commonly used surgeries, and in the following cases: more serious complications lead to organ collapse to heavy bleeding and severe pain due to to the cutaneous tissues of the thorax.

In this case, patients are subjected to CT and general anesthesia. Surgeons then insert a bronchoscope through the mouth that pbades inside the body and allows them to discern a pathway to the lungs. Once in the right place, doctors run a heating wire up to 100 degrees Celsius, using the same kind of energy as household microwaves, to kill malignant cells.

"This is a new era in which more patients will survive this tumor that kills millions of people."