Postoperative radiotherapy 'not advisable' in advanced NSCLC
Trial findings clarify lack of benefit and increased cardiopulmonary toxicity
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Postoperative radiotherapy cannot be routinely recommended for patients with completely resected stage III N2 non-small cell lung cancer, researchers say after conducting a randomised controlled trial.
The keenly-awaited results follow a long-running controversy over use of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) since a 1998 Lancet meta-analysis cast doubt on benefit and showed