The short-term outcomes of pulmonary metastasectomy or stereotactic body radiation therapy for pulmonary metastasis from epithelial tumors.
Ryu KanzakiOsamu SuzukiTakashi KanouNaoko OseSoichiro FunakiYasushi ShintaniMasato MinamiKeisuke TamariKeisuke OtaniYuji SeoFumiaki IsohashiKazuhiko OgawaMeinoshin OkumuraPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2020)
SBRT provides a favorable 3-year local control rate. The 3-year OS rate of the SBRT group tended to be lower than that of the PM group, despite the difference was not statistically significant. PM and SBRT play complementary roles in patients with pulmonary metastases.