Radiation Oncology/NSCLC/Guidelines

NSCLC Guidelines


 * see also: Palliative Lung Guidelines

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
 * Clinical Practice Guidelines

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
 * Health Professional PDQ

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
 * Screening recommendations (2004)

American College of Radiology (ACR)
 * Hemoptysis
 * Needle Biopsy in the Thorax
 * Staging
 * Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy
 * Induction and Adjuvant Therapy for N2 Disease
 * Nonsurgical Aggressive Therapy
 * Nonsurgical Poor Performance or Palliative Care
 * Follow-Up
 * Screening for Pulmonary Metastases

American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
 * 2001 PMID 11301833 -- "Brachytherapy for carcinoma of the lung." (Nag S, Oncology (Williston Park). 2001 Mar;15(3):371-81.)

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
 * Chemoprevention
 * Screening
 * Diagnostic Surgical Pathology
 * Evaluation of Pulmonary Nodules
 * Treatment of Pulmonary Nodules
 * Initial Evaluation of Signs and Symptoms
 * Initial Diagnosis
 * Physiologic Evaluation
 * Noninvasive Staging
 * Invasive Mediastinal Staging
 * Bronchial Intraepithelial Neoplasia
 * Treatment of Stage I and Stage II
 * Treatment of Stage IIIA
 * Treatment of Stage IIIB
 * Treatment of Stage IV
 * Special Treatment Issues (e.g. Pancoast, T4N0, solitary mets, etc)
 * Bronchioloalveolar Lung Cancer
 * Complementary Therapies
 * Palliative Care
 * Quality of Life, Bereavement
 * Chronic Cough Due to Lung Tumors
 * Pulmonary Rehabilitation

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
 * Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Resectable Stage I-IIIA (PDF)
 * Chemotherapy for Stage IV (PDF)(PMID 19917871)

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
 * 2015: Adjuvant PMID 25957185 -- "Adjuvant radiation therapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Executive summary of an American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based clinical practice guideline." (Rodrigues G, Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 May-Jun;5(3):149-55.)
 * 2015: Definitive RT / Loc Adv PMID 25957184 -- "Definitive radiation therapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Executive summary of an American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based clinical practice guideline." (Rodrigues G, Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 May-Jun;5(3):141-8.)
 * 2011: Palliative PMID 25740118 -- "Palliative thoracic radiotherapy in lung cancer: An American Society for Radiation Oncology evidence-based clinical practice guideline." (Rodrigues G, Pract Radiat Oncol. 2011 Apr-Jun;1(2):60-71.)

EORTC
 * 2010 PMID 21079134 -- "European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer recommendations for planning and delivery of high-dose, high-precision radiotherapy for lung cancer." (De Ruysscher D, J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 20;28(36):5301-10. Epub 2010 Nov 15.)

Cancer Care Ontario
 * Cross-sectional Imaging
 * Role of PET in Diagnosis; Evidence-Based Series
 * Postoperative RT in Stage II-IIIA
 * Postoperative Chemotherapy +/- RT in Completely Resected Lung Cancer
 * Preoperative Chemotherapy +/- Postoperative RT in Technically Resectable Lung Cancer
 * Management of Unresectable Stage III; Evidence-Based Series
 * Altered Fractionation in Unresectable Lung Cancer
 * Role of Brachytherapy in Palliation; Evidence-Based Series
 * Role of Photodynamic Therapy
 * Chemotherapy in Stage IV
 * First-Line Chemotherapy in Stage IV
 * Second-Line of Progressive Chemotherapy
 * Role of Taxanes in Advanced Stage
 * Use of Gemcitabine
 * Use of EGFR Inhibitors

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
 * Full Guideline (2005)
 * Photodynamic Therapy for Inorperable Endobronichial Cancer (2005)
 * Pemetrexed (2007)
 * Bevacizumab (2008))
 * Erlotinib (2008)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
 * Management of patients with lung cancer (2005)

British Thoracic Society
 * Selection of Patients for Surgery (2001)

All-Ireland Lung Cancer Group
 * Guidelines for Clinical Management (2004)