What are your criteria for treating a patient with lung SBRT in the absence of a biopsy?

Topics: Lung Cancer • Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies • Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy • Pulmonology

Roughly what percentage of patients are treated without a biopsy?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

First I would say that there is no standard answer to this, and the crtieria are going to depend on your population and the experience of you and your colleagues.. The group at VU has published their experience treating "clincially diagnosed" early lung cancer with SBRT, and found that the outcomes...

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