Volume or position changes of primary lung tumor during (chemo-)radiotherapy cannot be used as a surrogate for mediastinal lymph node changes: The case for optimal mediastinal lymph node imaging during radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-95

  Van Elmpt, Wouter ^a   Öllers, Michel ^a   Van Herwijnen, Henrieke ^a   Den Holder, Linda ^a   Vercoulen, Lindsay ^a   Wouters, Monique ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^a   De Ruysscher, Dirk ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mediastinal lymph nodes; Non small cell lung cancer; Repeated imaging; Tumor position; Volume quantification

Indexed keywords

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; REPEATED IMAGING; VOLUME CHANGE; VOLUME QUANTIFICATION; VOLUMETRIC CHANGES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77955714090     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.059     Document Type: Article

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