Prognostic factors of local control and disease free survival in centrally located non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Conclusion: Decrease in tumor coverage was not correlated with the local recurrence probability. The LC and DFS were promising after SBRT of centrally located NSCLC with tumor size, FEV1 and tumor location (for DFS only) as prognostic factors.
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Source: Acta Oncologica - April 13, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Duijm M, van der Voort van Zyp NC, Granton PV, van de Vaart P, Mast ME, Oomen-de Hoop E, Hoogeman MS, Nuyttens JJ Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research