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How do you interpret NCCN chemoRT dose recommendations for SCLC which start higher than NSCLC?

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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

I understand the questioner's logic that because SCLC is traditionally considered more radiosenstive than NSCLC, it may seem discordant that guidelines recommend 66Gy for SCLC but 60Gy for NSCLC. However, I would still abide by these guidelines because as the questioner suggests, these doses are bas...

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