How would you approach treatment in patients with stage III non small cell lung cancer invading the atrium of the heart?

Thank you for the question. I would refer to our case report from ~ 6 years ago. Link here:Atrial mass from NSCLC treated with radiotherapy in BJ Radiology.

I think the short answer is that generally you have to treat it, and the best option is radiotherapy +/- chemotherapy. Modern radiotherapy is safer and more accurate than ever before. Stage III NSCLC has significantly better prognosis than 1 year ago now with the use of consolidate durvalumab that increases overall survival compared to stand...