Preoperative radiation may improve the outcomes of resectable IIIA/N2 non-small-cell lung cancer patients: A propensity score matching-based analysis from surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database.
Dawei ChenHaiyong WangXinyu SongJinbo YueJinming YuPublished in: Cancer medicine (2018)
Preoperative radiation may improve the outcomes of resectable IIIA/N2 NSCLC patients. In IIIA/N2 NSCLC patients, particularly with T3 and highly differentiated tumors, clinicians should boldly apply preoperative radiotherapy to improve the patients' survival.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- small cell lung cancer
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- type diabetes
- radiation therapy
- adipose tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- mesenchymal stem cells
- radiation induced
- palliative care
- emergency department
- single cell
- skeletal muscle
- advanced non small cell lung cancer
- glycemic control
- adverse drug
- drug induced
- data analysis