title: Radiation therapy a good alternative for unoperable NSCLC.
abstract: This retrospective analysis of 133 patients with unoperable NSCLC suggests that radiation therapy administered to GE 6000 cGy level can result in significant long term survival in patients with technically resectable but medically unoperable disease.
authors.affiliation: Carl R. Hale Radiation Center, Forrest General Hospital Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salloum
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies