Additional chemotherapy improved local control and overall survival after stereotactic body radiation therapy for patients with oligo-recurrence

Abstract Background Oligo-recurrence has been considered to confer improved prognosis than other oligometastatic conditions, and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is considered as an option of local therapy for lung or liver metastases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effic...

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Main Authors: Masaki Nakamura, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroshi Mayahara, Haruka Uezono, Aya Harada, Ryo Nishikawa, Yoshiro Matsuo, Hiroki Kawaguchi, Hideki Nishimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1031-0