Stereotactic body radiotherapy and treatment at a high volume facility is associated with improved survival in patients with inoperable stage i non-small cell lung cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 148-154

  Koshy, Matthew ^a,b   Malik, Renuka ^b   Mahmood, Usama ^c   Husain, Zain ^d   Sher, David J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage; Lung cancer; Radiation; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LARGE CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT ANALYSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926148393     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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