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Is SBRT appropriate for a small endobronchial tumor distal to the proximal bronchial tree?

Any special dosing considerations or can you approach this like any other small peripheral NSCLC?
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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic
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In my opinion, you can approach them like any other peripheral NSCLC. There are challenges with small tumors in terms of finding them on CBCT sometimes and getting the dose in if they are very small. The 0236 protocol mandated a minimum aperture of 3.5 cm, which made it not very useful to treat tumo...

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