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SUBMITTER: Sabath BF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626814 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sabath Bruce F BF Casal Roberto F RF
Journal of thoracic disease 20190601 6
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and lobectomy remains the standard of care for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The combination of an aging population and the implementation of low-dose CT for lung cancer screening is leading to an increase in diagnosis of early stage NSCLC in medically "inoperable" patients. The recommended treatment for this latter group of patients is stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). However, many pati ...[more]