TY - JOUR
T1 - Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage lung cancer
AU - Maquilan, Genevieve
AU - Timmerman, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/7/26
Y1 - 2016/7/26
N2 - Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), also known as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, is a technique of external beam radiation that delivers precisely targeted, ablative doses to extracranial sites. It has become an integral component of the management of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this review, we discuss the technology and techniques used in treatment planning and delivery, the efficacy and toxicity of SBRT for medically inoperable early-stage NSCLC, and the preliminary investigations into the role of SBRT for operable early-stage NSCLC.
AB - Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), also known as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, is a technique of external beam radiation that delivers precisely targeted, ablative doses to extracranial sites. It has become an integral component of the management of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this review, we discuss the technology and techniques used in treatment planning and delivery, the efficacy and toxicity of SBRT for medically inoperable early-stage NSCLC, and the preliminary investigations into the role of SBRT for operable early-stage NSCLC.
KW - Non-small cell lung cancer
KW - Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
KW - Stereotactic body radiation therapy
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U2 - 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000204
DO - 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000204
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27441747
AN - SCOPUS:84979732324
SN - 1528-9117
VL - 22
SP - 274
EP - 279
JO - Cancer Journal
JF - Cancer Journal
IS - 4
ER -