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Treatment Recommendations for Locally Advanced, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Influence of Physician and Patient Factors
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 08/10/09

Lee IH et al. – Nearly all radiation oncologists report following the evidence–based recommendation of chemoradiation for young, otherwise healthy patients with locally advanced, unresectable NSCLC, but there is substantial variability in treatment recommendations for older or sicker patients, probably related to the lack of clinical trial data for such patients. The physician and practice characteristics the authors examined only weakly affected treatment recommendations.

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