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SUBMITTER: Wujanto C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863405 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wujanto Caryn C Vellayappan Balamurugan B Siva Shankar S Louie Alexander V AV Guckenberger Matthias M Slotman Ben J BJ Onishi Hiroshi H Nagata Yasushi Y Liu Mitchell M Lo Simon S SS
Frontiers in oncology 20191112
Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is associated with a limited survival when treated with palliative intent platinum-based chemotherapy alone. Recent advances in imaging and therapeutic strategy have identified a subset of patients with limited metastases who may benefit from early local ablative therapy with either surgery or radiotherapy, in addition to standard treatment. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is increasingly used in the treatment of extra-cranial oligometastatic N ...[more]