What margins should be added to the clinical target volume in radiotherapy treatment planning for lung cancer?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Ekberg, Lars ^a   Holmberg, Ola ^a,b   Wittgren, Lena ^a   Bjelkengren, Göran ^a   Landberg, Torsten ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Lung cancer; Margins; Organ movement; Patient set up; Portal imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031870905     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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