Feasibility of the use of the Active Breathing Co ordinator™ (ABC) in patients receiving radical radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-429

  McNair, Helen A ^a   Brock, Juliet ^a   Symonds Tayler, J Richard N ^a   Ashley, Sue ^a   Eagle, Sally ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Kavanagh, Anthony ^a   Panakis, Niki ^a   Brada, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active breathing control; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Tumour motion

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449675066     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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