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Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for lung cancer: current status and future developments.

  • Chan C *Radiotherapy Related Research, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; †Christie Medical Physics and Engineering, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; and ‡Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Lang S
  • Rowbottom C
  • Guckenberger M
  • Faivre-Finn C
  • 2014-12-02
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  • Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. - 2014
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
English Radiotherapy plays an important role in the management of lung cancer, with over 50% of patients receiving this modality at some point during their treatment. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a technique that adds fluence modulation to beam shaping, which improves radiotherapy dose conformity around the tumor and spares surrounding normal structures. Treatment with IMRT is becoming more widely available for the treatment of lung cancer, despite the paucity of high level evidence supporting the routine use of this more resource intense and complex technique. In this review article, we have summarized data from planning and clinical studies, discussed challenges in implementing IMRT, and made recommendations on the minimum requirements for safe delivery of IMRT.
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