2021
Effectiveness of Thermal Ablation and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Based on Stage I Lung Cancer Histology
Uhlig J, Mehta S, Case MD, Dhanasopon A, Blasberg J, Homer RJ, Solomon SB, Kim HS. Effectiveness of Thermal Ablation and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Based on Stage I Lung Cancer Histology. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 32: 1022-1028.e4. PMID: 33811997, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.02.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiotherapyStage I lung cancerI lung cancerOverall survivalHistological subtypesNeuroendocrine tumorsCell carcinomaLung cancerThermal ablationPropensity scoreMost histological subtypesNational Cancer DatabaseSignificant OS differenceAmerican Joint CommitteeLarge cell carcinomaSmall cell carcinomaHigher overall survivalSquamous cell carcinomaLung cancer histologyLung cancer variesSmall neuroendocrine tumorsMore comorbiditiesTA patientsCancer variesInitial treatment
2018
Survival Rates after Thermal Ablation versus Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A National Cancer Database Study.
Uhlig J, Ludwig JM, Goldberg SB, Chiang A, Blasberg JD, Kim HS. Survival Rates after Thermal Ablation versus Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A National Cancer Database Study. Radiology 2018, 289: 862-870. PMID: 30226453, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2018180979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerStage 1 non-small cell lung cancerStereotactic radiation therapyCell lung cancerOverall survivalLung cancerThermal ablationRadiation therapySurvival ratePropensity score-matched cohortUnplanned hospital readmission ratesNational Cancer DatabaseUnplanned hospital readmissionOverall survival rateHospital readmission ratesSmaller tumor sizeMore comorbiditiesReadmission ratesHospital readmissionRetrospective studyTumor sizePotential confoundersCancer DatabasePrimary treatmentPatients