Open AccessStereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Inoperable Early Stage Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Robert Timmerman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2010.261
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical endpoint , primary tumor , lung cancer , radiation therapy , surgery , population , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , randomized controlled trial , metastasis , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Patients with early stage but medically inoperable lung cancer have a poor rate of primary tumor control (30%-40%) and a high rate of mortality (3-year survival, 20%-35%) with current management.
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