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    ARCHIVED: Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy achieves better overall survival than surgery for early lung cancer

    May 13, 2015

    First randomized clinical trial comparing the two therapies suggests that the non-invasive SABR treatment should be considered an alternative to surgery, especially for elderly patients and those with comorbidities

    MD Anderson News Release 05/13/2015

    Patients with operable stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) could achieve better overall survival rates if treated with Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) rather...

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