Stereotactic body radiation therapy for NSCLC patients may raise non-cancer mortality

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Researchers have found that treating patients who have early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a type of radiotherapy called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is associated with a small but increased risk of death from causes other than cancer.

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