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SUBMITTER: Ning MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6351406 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ning Matthew S MS Gomez Daniel R DR Heymach John V JV Swisher Stephen G SG
Translational lung cancer research 20190201 1
Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) exists on a spectrum, with a subset of patients presenting with oligometastatic disease involving only a limited number of distant sites. For these patients, local consolidative therapy (LCT) has been demonstrated to improve outcomes through ablation or cytoreduction of metastatic disease, as shown in an increasing number of randomized controlled trials. In particular, stereotactic ablative body radiation (SABR) has emerged as a feasible treatment moda ...[more]