Do patients with Stage III unresectable NSCLC with lepidic features require a different approach to chemo-radiation?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies • Medical Oncology • Non-small cell lung cancer

Would your choice of concurrent chemotherapy be impacted by this histologic finding?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

The short answer is that there are no specific guidelines for this histologic subtype that are different from other adenocarcinomas. There are also essentially no data to suggest an approach specific for lepidic-predominant adenocarcinomas. That said, I would submit that it is important to be mindf...

Comments

Radiation Oncologist at The Toledo Clinic
Excellent overview, learned a few things!

Related Questions