Long term survival with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) versus thoracoscopic sublobar lung resection in elderly people: national population based study with propensity matched comparative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

 To compare cancer specific survival after thoracoscopic sublobar lung resection and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for tumors ≤2 cm in size and thoracoscopic resection (sublobar resection or lobectomy) and SABR for tumors ≤5 cm in size.

Design

 National population based retrospective cohort study with propensity matched comparative analysis.

Setting

 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry linked with Medicare database in the United States.

Participants

 Patients aged ≥66 with lung cancer undergoing SABR or thoracoscopic lobectomy or sublobar resection from 1 Oct 2007 to 31 June 2012 and followed up to 31 December 2013.

Main outcome measures

 Cancer specific survival after SABR or thoracoscopic surgery for lung

SUBMITTER: Paul S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4937638 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature