Deep inspiration breath-hold technique for lung tumors: The potential value of target immobilization and reduced lung density in dose escalation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 603-611

  Hanley, Joseph ^a   Debois, Marc M ^a   Mah, Dennis ^a   Mageras, Gikas S ^a   Raben, Adam ^a   Rosenzweig, Kenneth ^a   Mychalczak, Borys ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence H ^a   Gloeggler, Paul J ^a   Lutz, Wendell ^a   Ling, C Clifton ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath hold; Lung carcinoma; Respiration gating; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INHALATION; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032844267     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00154-6     Document Type: Article

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