Possible Misinterpretation of Demarcated Solid Patterns of Radiation Fibrosis on CT Scans as Tumor Recurrence in Patients Receiving Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1057-1065

  Takeda, Atsuya ^a,b   Kunieda, Etsuo ^b,c   Takeda, Toshiaki ^b   Tanaka, Michio ^b   Sanuki, Naoko ^a   Fujii, Hirofumi ^d   Shigematsu, Naoyuki ^c   Kubo, Atsushi ^c  

^a Ofuna Chuo Hospital Ofuna   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Radiation fibrosis; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

HYPOFRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY (HSRT); LUNG CANCER; RADIATION FIBROSIS; RECURRENT TUMORS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39749142835     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2383     Document Type: Article

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