... iotherapy, Oligometastases, Non- SmallCellLung Cancer Background Non- smallcelllungcancer (NSCLC) is the leadingcause of cancer mortality in the United States [1].Patients with stage IV NSCLC typically ... were a total of 94 patients ( 64. 3%) categorizedas stage III NSCLC, 38 patients (26.0%) with initial lim-ited stage IV NSCLC and 14 patients (9.6%) with stage I/II NSCLC who progressed to limited ... various stage groupings. The blue line represents Stage III (whomdid not progress toStage IV, maroon line represents Stage III which progressed toStage IV, green line represents the initial stage...
... schemeNone Minor None MinorSpinal Cord Any point 18 > 18 to 22 25 > 25 to 28Oesophagus 1 24 > 24 to 27 27 > 27 to 28.5Ipsilateral Brachial Plexus 1 24 > 24 to 26 27 > 27 to ... body radiotherapy for stage I non- smallcelllung cancer. Radiother Oncol 2007, 85 :42 9 -43 4.39. Sinha B, McGarry RC: Stereotactic body radiotherapy for bilat-eral primary lung cancers: the Indiana ... study wasperformed in 22 stage IA and 4stage 1B non- small cell lungcancer patients in order to develop and evaluate theplanning guidelines differentiated according to type ofdose calculation...
... Symptoms only scoring used for late lung toxicity (modified from the Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) version 2 – Lung) 012 345 No increase in lung symptomsIncrease in lung symptoms due to RT ... as lung cancer. It is more convenient for the patients and reduces health care costs.This study reports our results on patients with medically inoperable, early stage, non- smallcell lung cancer ... stage group of patients; toxicity was evaluated retro-spectively and no severe grade 3 /4 toxicity was recorded.We did not use any special device to either decrease inspir-atory motion or to...
... Staging of small cell and non- smallcelllung cancer. University of Iowa Virtual Hos-pital; 1999. 6. Hopwood P, Stephens RJ: Symptoms at presentation for treat-ment in patients with lung cancer: ... Big Lung Trial in Non- Small- CellLung cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2005, 30: 741 7- 742 7.12. Silvestri G, Pritchard R, Welch HG: Preferences for chemother-apy in patients with advanced non- small ... life-threatening form of cancer in Scot-land [2]. Lungcancer is also a major cause of deaththroughout the rest of the world [3 ,4] . Non- smallcelllungcancer (NSCLC) has a poor progno-sis. On average,...
... obtain a response after the first few cycles should notautomatically discourage to continue treatment.IntroductionIn non- smallcelllungcancer (NSCLC), mediastinallymphnode involvement comprises ... 8:8http://www.wjso.com/content/8/1/8Page 3 of 4 CAS E REP O R T Open AccessPathological complete response induced byfirst-line chemotherapy with single agentdocetaxel in a patient with advanced non small celllung cancer Ferdinando ... early stage disease to be cured with surgery and adjuvant therapy, as well. Aphase III trial randomized patients with stage IIIA orlocally treatable IIIB NSCLC to neoadjuvant docetaxel(up to...