Commentary: Can big data effectively answer important clinical questions?

Wu and colleagues1 have submitted an analysis from a large national cohort to examine overall survival differences of sublobar resection versus stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) or percutaneous thermal ablation in the treatment of early stage non –small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The authors queried the National Cancer Database (NCDB) for patients harboring clinical stage I (T1abc-T2a N0) NSCLC from 2004 to 2014 treated with either sublobar resection (wedge or segmentectomy), versus nonsurgical modalities such as SBRT or percutaneous therma l ablation.

Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - January 31, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Michael Lanuti Tags: Commentary Source Type: research