When should SBRT be preferred in operative patients who cannot undergo a lobectomy?

Numerous retrospective studies have examined clinical outcomes between SBRT and surgery using a variety of different statistical tests- propensity analyses, matched-pair comparisons, multivariable analyses, and so forth. Collectively, these studies report conflicting results. No randomized data with...

Two large randomized trials (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L; CALGB 140503) have recently been published demonstrating that small (≤ 2 cm), peripheral, node-negative NSCLCs can be effectively managed with a sublobar resection. The JCOG trial demonstrated that segmentectomy was associated with improved survival c...