Evaluation of response to stereotactic body radiation therapy for nonsmall cell lung cancer: PET response criteria in solid tumors versus response evaluation criteria in solid tumors

Conclusion RECIST based on the anatomic size reduction rate did not demonstrate the correlation between radiotherapeutic response and prognosis in patients with early-stage NSCLC receiving SBRT. However, PERCIST was shown as the strongest independent predictor of outcomes. PERCIST might be considered more suitable for the evaluation of NSCLC tumor response to SBRT than RECIST.
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