| Inclusion Criteria: | 1) Histologically or cytologically documented NSCLC.
2) Patients with inoperable centrally/superiorly located tumors, defined as those (with any tumor edge measured within 30 days by the CT image using lung window level including simulation CT or MRI or PET/CT) located within 2 cm of the bronchial tree (carina, right and left main bronchi, right and left upper lobe bronchi, bronchus intermedius, right middle lobe bronchus, lingular bronchus, right and left lower lobe bronchi);
3) Cont. from 2: major vessels (aorta, pulmonary artery trunk, left/right pulmonary artery/vein main branches, superior/inferior vena cava, brachiocephalic artery trunk or left/right brachiocephalic vein, left/right subclavian artery/vein), esophagus, heart, tracheal, pericardium, mediastinal pleural and brachial plexus and vetebral body, but no direct invasion, T1N0M0 (stage IA), or any location of T2N0M0 (stage IB) and T3N0M0 (selected stage II with chest wall involvement) NSCLC.
4) Performance score KPS 60-100.
5) Negative pregnancy test for women of child bearing potential. |