A study of tumor motion management in the conformal radiotherapy of lung cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Burnett, Stuart S C ^a   Sixel, Katharina E ^b,d   Cheung, Patrick C F ^a,d   Hoisak, Jeremy D P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active breath control; Gating; Individualized PTV margins; Set up error; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION;

EID: 38349073468     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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