Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Clinical Outcome, Toxicity and Predictive Factors in Patients Treated with Hypofractionated Sequential or Exclusive Radiotherapy.
Maria MassaroDavide FranceschiniRuggero SpotoLuca DominiciCiro FranzeseDavide BaldacciniBeatrice MariniLuciana di CristinaAntonio Marco MarzoLorenzo Lo FaroLucia PaganiniGiacomo ReggioriCarmela GaldieriAlberto TestoriMarta ScorsettiPublished in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2022)
Albeit with the known limitations of a retrospective and heterogeneous study, our work shows that hypofractionated sequential CT-RT or exclusive RT offer a good local control and toxicity profile and a promising survival rate in LA-NSCLC patients unfit for the concurrent CT-RT scheme.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- radiation therapy
- end stage renal disease
- rectal cancer
- computed tomography
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- ejection fraction
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- chronic kidney disease
- phase ii study
- brain metastases
- early stage
- positron emission tomography
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- radiation induced
- patient reported outcomes