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How do you follow patients after SBRT for NSCLC?
Which imaging studies do you perform and what is the timing after treatment?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
When we started our lung SBRT practice almost 13 years ago, the follow up schedule was based on trying to measure the benefits and impact of the therapy in a fairly structured fashion so that we could develop expertise in understanding outcomes, radiographic changes, patient experience, and treatmen...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
At my hospital, our routine practice is to see all patients around one month after completing treatment. I agree with @Gregory M. Videtic that for SBRT patients that six weeks is just fine.
I'll usually see patients back every three months with chest CTs for two visits then space it to every f...