Quality of Life After Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Pulmonary function and quality of life after VMAT-based stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for early stage inoperable NSCLC: a prospective study

“…Previous studies also indicated, by means of other scoring systems, that quality of life was not severely impaired by SABR [26], [27] and [28].…”

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Oligometastases to the Lung: A Phase 2 Study

“…In such a state an effective local therapy such as SBRT should, in theory, arrest the disease's progression and extend life. If a local therapy is associated with low toxicity, then life-extending treatment can be delivered without seriously impacting a patient's quality of life during or after treatment (12,22). The use of modern imaging to detect smaller lesions and the combined use with surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches makes SBRT a powerful tool to control disease progression in the oligometastatic state.…”

Long-term quality of life in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with robotic stereotactic ablative radiation therapy

“…Those results are consistent with previous studies. [10][11][12] In a study comparing 202 SABR patients with a smaller cohort of patients treated with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, Widder et al 11 found that global QoL and physical functioning were stable at any follow-up within the first year after SABR treatment. Lagerwaard et al 12 also reported no relevant deterioration over a 2-year period in both functioning and symptom scores in 382 patients referred for SABR from multiple Dutch centers.…”

“…Recent reports have assessed early QoL in patients with lung cancer treated with SABR and reported no clinically relevant deterioration in QoL scores. [10][11][12][13] Moreover, studies have reported only transient or subclinical declines in pulmonary function tests (PFTs), even in patients with severe pulmonary comorbidities. [14][15][16] Prospective studies addressing both QoL and pulmonary function are sparse and often limited by short follow-up periods.…”