title: Lung stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage NSCLC in patients with prior pneumonectomy: a case report.
abstract: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has become the standard of care for patients with medically inoperable early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A paucity of published data exists regarding the safety of SBRT use in patients with prior pneumonectomy. This report describes 2 patients with NSCLC and prior pneumonectomy who were treated with lung SBRT and experienced a favorable treatment response with no major adverse treatment effects. The data presented herein are promising and provide early evidence that lung SBRT is a safe and feasible option in this subset of patients.
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Parag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanghvi
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Ajay P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sandhu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods