TY - JOUR
T1 - Literature-based recommendations for treatment planning and execution in high-dose radiotherapy for lung cancer
AU - Senan, Suresh
AU - De Ruysscher, Dirk
AU - Giraud, Philippe
AU - Mirimanoff, René
AU - Budach, Volker
PY - 2004/5/1
Y1 - 2004/5/1
N2 - Background and purpose: To review the literature on techniques used in high-dose radiotherapy of lung cancer in order to develop recommendations for clinical practice and for use in research protocols. Patients and methods: A literature search was performed for articles and abstracts that were considered both clinically relevant and practical to use. The relevant information was arbitrarily categorized under the following headings: patient positioning, CT scanning, incorporating tumour mobility, definition of target volumes, radiotherapy planning, treatment delivery, and scoring of response and toxicity. Results: Recommendations were made for each of the above steps from the published literature. Although most of the recommended techniques have yet to be evaluated in multicenter clinical trials, their use in high-dose radiotherapy to the thorax appears to be rational on the basis of current evidence. Conclusions: Recommendations for the clinical implementation of high-dose conformal radiotherapy for lung tumours were identified in the literature. Procedures that are still considered to be investigational were also highlighted.
AB - Background and purpose: To review the literature on techniques used in high-dose radiotherapy of lung cancer in order to develop recommendations for clinical practice and for use in research protocols. Patients and methods: A literature search was performed for articles and abstracts that were considered both clinically relevant and practical to use. The relevant information was arbitrarily categorized under the following headings: patient positioning, CT scanning, incorporating tumour mobility, definition of target volumes, radiotherapy planning, treatment delivery, and scoring of response and toxicity. Results: Recommendations were made for each of the above steps from the published literature. Although most of the recommended techniques have yet to be evaluated in multicenter clinical trials, their use in high-dose radiotherapy to the thorax appears to be rational on the basis of current evidence. Conclusions: Recommendations for the clinical implementation of high-dose conformal radiotherapy for lung tumours were identified in the literature. Procedures that are still considered to be investigational were also highlighted.
KW - Conformal radiotherapy
KW - Literature-based recommendations
KW - Lung cancer
KW - Publications
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1942478491&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2003.09.007
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2003.09.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15110446
SN - 0167-8140
VL - 71
SP - 139
EP - 146
JO - Radiotherapy and oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and oncology
IS - 2
ER -