Appropriateness criteria for radiotherapy in the setting of presumed early-stage lung cancer.

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q2 ONCOLOGY

Practical Radiation Oncology Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI:10.1016/j.prro.2024.10.010

Laura L Dover, Christopher Abraham, Adam J Kole, Ashley Weiner

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Abstract

Low-dose chest CT imaging for lung cancer screening is revealing increasing numbers of radiographic early-stage lung cancers. This topic discussion describes when a clinical scenario merits radiotherapy without a histologic diagnosis, with an emphasis on pragmatic algorithms in settings without readily-available advanced biopsy techniques.

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推测早期肺癌放疗的适当性标准。

用于肺癌筛查的低剂量胸部 CT 成像发现了越来越多的放射性早期肺癌。本专题讨论介绍了在没有组织学诊断的临床情况下何时需要进行放射治疗，重点是在没有现成先进活检技术的情况下的实用算法。

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Practical Radiation Oncology Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

6.10%

发文量

177

审稿时长

34 days

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