TY - JOUR AU - Stokes, William A. AU - Rusthoven, Chad G. PY - 2018 TI - Surgery vs . SBRT in retrospective analyses: confounding by operability is the elephant in the room JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, Supplement 17 (June 20, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Anatomic lobar resection is the standard of care for medically operable patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), while stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is preferred among patients deemed medically inoperable and those who wish to avoid surgery (1). The role of SBRT in the medically operable setting has emerged as an area of active research and debate in the thoracic oncology community in recent years. Several randomized trials comparing SBRT and surgery have been launched but subsequently closed early due to poor accrual. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/21413