| Literature DB >> 18995919 |
Konstantin Lavrenkov1, Shalini Singh, Judith A Christian, Mike Partridge, Elena Nioutsikou, Gary Cook, James L Bedford, Michael Brada.
Abstract
IMRT and 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3-DCRT) plans of 25 patients with non-small cell lung (NSCLC) were compared in terms of planning target volume (PTV) coverage and sparing of functional lung (FL) defined by a SPECT perfusion scan. IMRT resulted in significant reduction of functional V(20) and mean lung dose in stage III patients with inhomogeneous hypoperfusion. If the dose to FL is shown to be the determinant of lung toxicity, IMRT would allow for effective dose escalation by specific avoidance of functional lung.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18995919 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.10.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiother Oncol ISSN: 0167-8140 Impact factor: 6.280