Stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a small academic hospital experience

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a small academic hospital experience

Purpose/Objective(s): Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has been shown to have increased local control and overall survival relative to conventional external beam radiation therapy in patients with medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Excellent rates of local con...

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Main Authors: Oren B Factor, Charles C Vu, Jeffrey G Schneider, Matthew R Witten, Scott L Schubach, Alicia E Gittleman, Donna T Catell, Jonathan A Haas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
CyberKnife
SBRT
local control
Non-small cell lung cancer
overall survival
SAbR
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00287/full

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