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What lung constraint do you use when delivering SBRT for local failure of early stage NSCLC following surgery?

Does this vary based on whether the patient had a lobectomy v. wedge resection?
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Radiation Oncology · Cleveland Clinic
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We treat these patients in very similar fashion as a primary early stage NSCLC.

Provided that the target volume is well defined, does not directly involve the proximal bronchial tree, and in these post-operative cases does not involve the pulmonary vascular hilum we would typically treat with SBRT. ...

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