Survival of lung cancer increases by 'precision radiotherapy "

Survival of lung cancer increases by 'precision radiotherapy "Patients with lung cancer can live longer on average 10 months with a new irradiation method. In this irradiation technique - called stereotactic radiotherapy - the tumors are addressed with high-dose, precisely targeted radiation. The survival rates were announced Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at the World Lung Conference, by researchers at