Prior Treatment for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Is Associated With Improved Survival in Patients who Undergo Definitive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for a Subsequent Lung Malignancy: A Retrospective Multivariate and Matched Pair Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with initial lung cancer SBRT inoperable cases, ablative radiotherapy for new primaries was associated with improved OS. Physicians should not be dissuaded from offering SBRT to such patients.
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Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - December 1, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Farrugia MK, Jun S, Hennon MW, Nwogu CE, Dexter EU, Picone AL, Demmy TL, Gomez-Suescun JA, Fung-Kee-Fung S, Yendamuri SS, Singh AK Tags: Am J Clin Oncol Source Type: research