Table 1.

Comparison of nonsurgical treatments for lung cancer

Nonsurgical treatment	Capacity for eradication	Side effects	Combination with surgical treatment
Chemotherapy	No	Systemic side effects	Pre- or postoperative, or intrapleural perfusion hyperthermia
Immunotherapy	No	Systemic side effects	Pre- or postoperative
CT/ENB-guided ablation therapy	Yes	Local sideeffects	Can be performed concurrently with surgery (pre- or postoperative ablation)
Stereotactic body directed radiotherapy (SBRT)	Yes	Local side effects	Independent of surgery
Target therapy	No	Systemic side effects	Pre- or postoperative, need for pathology gene detection.