Stereotactic body radiation therapy is effective and safe in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer with low performance status and severe comorbidity

Case Reports in Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Turzer, Martin ^a   Brustugun, Odd Terje ^a   Waldeland, Einar ^a   Helland, Slaug ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early stage non small cell lung cancer; Low performance status; Severe comorbidity; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EARLY CANCER; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 79957615962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324113     Document Type: Article

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