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Article: STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY OFFERS NONINVASIVE, EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR FRAIL PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- November 3, 2009
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DALLAS, Nov. 2 -- The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) should be considered a new standard of care for early-stage lung cancer treatment in patients with co-existing medical problems, according to results from a national clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians.
In this study, 55 patients diagnosed with early non-small-cell lung (NSCL) cancer and unable to have their tumors surgically removed because of unrelated medical comorbidities were treated with SBRT during three noninvasive outpatient treatments.
The most recent findings, presented today in Chicago at the 51st ...