Although survival curves showed a numerical trend favoring surgical resection in long-term outcomes, treatment modality was not independently associated with survival after adjustment for baseline covariates.
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Comparison of prognosis between patients undergoing surgical resection and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for early-stage lung cancer.
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Five-year overall survival showed a clinically meaningful difference (58% after surgery vs 49% after SBRT), although the difference did not reach statistical significance.