Table 2. Characteristics of analyzed original studies that included both surgical patients and SBRT patients and compared surgery versus SBRT.
| Author | Year | Country | Study design | N | Lobectomy or more (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang | 2016 | China | Retrospective cohort | S: 35, SBRT: 35 | No data |
| Rosen | 2016 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 1781, SBRT: 1781 | 100 |
| Paul | 2016 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 201, SBRT: 201 | 0 |
| Eba | 2016 | Japan | Retrospective cohort | S: 21, SBRT: 21 | 100 |
| Mokhles | 2015 | Netherlands | Retrospective cohort | S: 73, SABR: 73 | 100 |
| Ezer | 2015 | Canada and USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 1881, SBRT: 362 | 0 |
| Hamaji | 2015 | Japan | Retrospective cohort | S: 41, SBRT: 41 | 100 |
| van den Berg | 2015 | Netherlands | Retrospective cohort | S: 143, SBRT: 197 | 88 |
| Chang | 2015 | USA | Randomized control | S: 27, SBRT: 31 | 100 (intention-to-treat) |
| Kastelijn | 2015 | Netherlands | Retrospective cohort | S: 175, SBRT: 53 | 97 |
| Puri | 2015 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 4555, SBRT: 4555 | 0 |
| Smith | 2015 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 543, SBRT: 543 | 55.2 |
| Shirvani | 2014 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 251, SBRT: 251 | 100 |
| Crabtree | 2014 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 56 SBRT: 56 | 78.6 |
| Nakagawa | 2014 | Japan | Retrospective cohort | S: 183, SBRT: 35 | 84.1 |
| Matsuo | 2014 | Japan | Retrospective cohort | S: 53, SBRT: 53 | 0 |
| Port | 2014 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 76, SBRT: 12 | 0 |
| Varlotto | 2013 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 77, SBRT: 77 | 93.5 |
| Robinson | 2013 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 76, SBRT: 76 | 94.7 |
| Verstegen | 2013 | Netherlands | Retrospective cohort | S: 64, SBRT: 64 | 100 |
| Shirvani | 2012 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 99, SBRT: 99 | 100 |
| Palma | 2011 | Canada | Retrospective cohort | S: 60, SBRT: 60 | 81.7 |
| Grills | 2010 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 69, SBRT: 58 | 0 |
| Parashar | 2010 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 123, SBRT: 97 | 0 |
| Forquer | 2009 | USA | Retrospective cohort | S: 19, SBRT: 19 | 0 |
S, surgery; SBRT, stereotactic body radiotherapy.