Patients With Surgically Resectable Lung Cancer Who Opt for Radiation Have Worse Outcomes.
Kimberly J SongIsaac FaithStephanie TuminelloStephanie TuminelloKenneth RosenzweigRaja M FloresPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2024)
SBRT is an effective treatment for inoperable early LC but there is limited data comparing outcomes against surgical resection. When eligible for both, patients refusing surgery and choosing radiation had worse survival when adjusting for variables including age, tumor size, and histology, and suggests that surgical resection is a superior treatment modality.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- radiation therapy
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- squamous cell carcinoma
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- peritoneal dialysis
- locally advanced
- coronary artery bypass
- machine learning
- radiation induced
- mass spectrometry
- big data
- artificial intelligence
- rectal cancer
- acute coronary syndrome
- smoking cessation