Ethicon, Inc.

This study tested a procedure called microwave ablation, which uses heat to destroy small lung tumors. It was for adult patients in China with early-stage lung cancer or a few lung metastases who could not have or chose not to have surgery. Doctors inserted a probe to heat and de…

This study tested a new robotic procedure to destroy small lung tumors that have spread from other cancers. Doctors used a robotic bronchoscope to guide a microwave probe directly to the tumor, then heated and destroyed it. The main goal was to see if this technique could complet…