Increase in the use of lung stereotactic body radiotherapy without a preceding biopsy in the United States
Rutter CE, Corso CD, Park HS, Mancini BR, Yeboa DN, Lester-Coll NH, Kim AW, Decker RH. Increase in the use of lung stereotactic body radiotherapy without a preceding biopsy in the United States. Lung Cancer 2014, 85: 390-394. PMID: 25001510, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerStereotactic body radiotherapyBody radiotherapyStage I non-small cell lung cancerEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerStage non-small cell lung cancerMultivariate analysisUse of SBRTLung stereotactic body radiotherapyLogistic regressionNational Cancer DatabasePercentage of patientsYear of diagnosisSmaller tumor sizeCell lung cancerMultivariate logistic regressionMedical inoperabilityMedical comorbiditiesInoperable patientsTumor sizeLung cancerCancer DatabaseEfficacious treatmentSBRT deliveryBiopsy