Long term survival with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) versus thoracoscopic sublobar lung resection in elderly people: national population based study with propensity matched comparative analysis

Objectives To compare cancer specific survival after thoracoscopic sublobar lung resection and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for tumors ≤2 cm in size and thoracoscopic resection (sublobar resection or lobectomy) and SABR for tumors ≤5 cm in size.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paul, Subroto, Lee, Paul C, Mao, Jialin, Isaacs, Abby J, Sedrakyan, Art
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937638/