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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Billing DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8616303 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Billing David L DL Rimner Andreas A
Cancers 20211118 22
Oligometastatic cancer is characterized by a limited number of metastatic deposits. Compared with lung cancer patients who have more widespread disease, oligometastatic lung cancer patients have more favorable survival outcomes. Therefore, it has been hypothesized that local ablative therapy (LAT) directed at the metastatic deposits in addition to standard-of-care systemic therapy may further improve survival outcomes in oligometastatic lung cancer patients. One LAT modality that has been utiliz ...[more]