Multiple Primary Lung Cancers: Treatment Outcomes After Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose/objectives

Patients with lung cancer sometimes present with multiple primary lung cancers (MPLCs), either simultaneously (synchronous) or after treatment of an initial lesion (metachronous). Although open surgery remains a treatment mainstay for patients with stage I-II non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is an acceptable alternative for patients who are medically unfit for or who refuse surgery. In this study, we retrospectively examine the outcome among patients with early-stage MPLCs treated at our institution with SBRT.

Materials/methods

Patients at our institution receiving SBRT for MPLC between June 2011 and March 2020 were reviewed retrospectively. Prior to undergoing definitive SBRT, the imaging, and pathology for ev

SUBMITTER: Choi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature