Trial Report: Radiation Comparable to Surgery for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Wed, 10/15/2025 – 15:33

Sept. 29, 2025 — A new clinical trial report finds that stereotactic radiation therapy offers long-term survival outcomes comparable to surgery for patients with small, early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients in the study who received radiation also reported fewer side effects after treatment.
The STARS trial (NCT02357992) is the first to report ten-year clinical outcomes from a prospective comparison of stereotactic radiation and…

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