Alternatives to surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer-ready for prime time?

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-35

  Das, Millie ^a   Abdelmaksoud, Mohamed H K ^b   Loo Jr , Billy W ^c   Kothary, Nishita ^b  

^a STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 77956230101     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-010-0119-z     Document Type: Review

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