Multi-institutional analysis of stereotactic body radiation therapy for operable early-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma
Kann BH, Verma V, Stahl JM, Ross R, Dosoretz AP, Shafman TD, Gross CP, Park HS, Yu JB, Decker RH. Multi-institutional analysis of stereotactic body radiation therapy for operable early-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma. Radiotherapy And Oncology 2019, 134: 44-49. PMID: 31005223, DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.01.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung carcinomaStereotactic body radiation therapyProgression-free survivalEarly-stage non-small cell lung carcinomaOperable patientsBody radiation therapyCell lung carcinomaOverall survivalLocal failureLung carcinomaRadiation therapyInoperable early stage non-small cell lung carcinomaDefinitive stereotactic body radiation therapyLack of resectionPoor surgical candidacyRetrospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier methodologyHigher overall survivalDisease-related outcomesMulti-institutional analysisDocumentation of patientsStandard of careMulti-institutional studyCohort studyInoperable patients