Effectiveness of stereotactic body radiotherapy in the treatment of inoperable early-stage lung cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5 B, 2007, Pages 3615-3619

  Scorsetti, Marta ^a   Navarria, P ^a   Facoetti, A ^a,b   Lattuada, P ^a   Urso, G ^a   Mirandola, A ^a   Ferraroli, G M ^a   Alloisio, M ^a   Ravasi, G ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Normal tissue toxicity; NSCLC; Radiotherapy; SBRT; Tumour response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35349015811     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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