A Comparison of Internal Target Volume Definition by Limited Four-dimensional Computed Tomography, the Addition of Patient-specific Margins, or the Addition of Generic Margins when Planning Radical Radiotherapy for Lymph Node-positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-300

  Hughes, S ^a,b   McClelland, J ^c   Chandler, A ^a   Adams, M ^b   Boutland, J ^b   Withers, D ^b   Ahmad, S ^b   Blackall, J ^c   Tarte, S ^c   Hawkes, D ^c   Landau, D ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ITV; NSCLC; respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 41449115123     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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