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Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies
Would you offer SBRT as an alternative to surgery for an atypical carcinoid lung tumor?
A series of 46 patients showed excellent local control with SBRT (91% at 9 years).
Should SBRT only be offered to patients formally deemed inoperable?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
As this question pointed out, small series do show a likely benefit to SBRT for an inoperable atypical carcinoid. Two general points to make here. First, RT has been used for many years to treat atypical carcinoids when the tumor or patient characteristics don't support surgery. Second, we treat man...
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