Appropriateness Criteria for Radiation Therapy in the Setting of Presumed Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Laura L Dover; Christopher Abraham; Adam J Kole; Ashley Weiner

doi:10.1016/j.prro.2024.10.010

Appropriateness Criteria for Radiation Therapy in the Setting of Presumed Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 Nov 7:S1879-8500(24)00295-9. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2024.10.010. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Laura L Dover¹, Christopher Abraham², Adam J Kole³, Ashley Weiner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ascension St. Vincent's East, Birmingham, Alabama. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

PMID: 39515465
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2024.10.010

Abstract

Low-dose chest computed tomography imaging for lung cancer screening is revealing increasing numbers of radiographic early-stage lung cancers. This topic discussion describes when a clinical scenario merits radiation therapy without a histologic diagnosis, with an emphasis on pragmatic algorithms in settings without readily available advanced biopsy techniques.