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SUBMITTER: Kilburn JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555210 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kilburn Jeremy M JM Soike Michael H MH Lucas John T JT Ayala-Peacock Diandra D Blackstock William W Isom Scott S Kearns William T WT Hinson William H WH Miller Antonius A AA Petty William J WJ Munley Michael T MT Urbanic James J JJ
Practical radiation oncology 20151022 3
<h4>Purpose</h4>Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is designed to ensure accurate and precise targeting, but whether improved clinical outcomes result is unknown.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>A retrospective comparison of locally advanced lung cancer patients treated with and without IGRT from 2001 to 2012 was conducted. Median local failure-free survival (LFFS), regional, locoregional failure-free survival (LRFFS), distant failure-free survival, progression-free survival, and overall surviva ...[more]