Measurement of intra-fraction displacement of the mediastinal metastatic lymph nodes using four-dimensional CT in non-small cell lung cancer

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Wang, Suzhen ^a   Li, Jianbin ^a   Zhang, Yingjie ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Fengxiang ^a   Fan, Tingyong ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Shao, Qian ^a  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement measurement; Four dimensional computed tomography; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84863333910     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2012.13.4.417     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Fidler MJ, Kim AW, Zusag T, Bonomi P. Treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 2009;7:455-464, 479-480
2. Wagner TD, Yang GY. The role of chemotherapy and radiation in the treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Curr Drug Targets 2010;11:67-73
3. Emami B, Mirkovic N, Scott C, Byhardt R, Graham MV, James Andras E, et al. The impact of regional nodal radiotherapy (dose/volume) on regional progression and survival in unresectable non-small cell lung cancer: an analysis of RTOG data. Lung Cancer 2003;41:207-214
4. Liengswangwong V, Bonner JA. Point: the potential importance of elective nodal irradiation in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 2000;10:308-314
5. Fernandes AT, Shen J, Finlay J, Mitra N, Evans T, Stevenson J, et al. Elective nodal irradiation (ENI) vs. involved field radiotherapy (IFRT) for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a comparative analysis of toxicities and clinical outcomes. Radiother Oncol 2010;95:178-184
6. Rengan R, Rosenzweig KE, Venkatraman E, Koutcher LA, Fox JL, Nayak R, et al. Improved local control with higher doses of radiation in large-volume stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;60:741-747
7. Yuan S, Sun X, Li M, Yu J, Ren R, Yu Y, et al. A randomized study of involved-field irradiation versus elective nodal irradiation in combination with concurrent chemotherapy for inoperable stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 2007;30:239-244
8. Rosenzweig KE, Sura S, Jackson A, Yorke E. Involved-field radiation therapy for inoperable non small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2007;25:5557-5561
9. Nakayama H, Satoh H, Kurishima K, Ishikawa H, Tokuuye K. High-dose conformal radiotherapy for patients with stage III non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010;78:645-650
10. Ekberg L, Holmberg O, Wittgren L, Bjelkengren G, Landberg T. What margins should be added to the clinical target volume in radiotherapy treatment planning for lung cancer? Radiother Oncol 1998;48:71-77
11. Saunders MI, Dische S, Barrett A, Parmar MK, Harvey A, Gibson D. Randomised multicentre trials of CHART vs conventional radiotherapy in head and neck and non-small-cell lung cancer: an interim report. CHART Steering Committee. Br J Cancer 1996;73:1455-1462
12. Shih HA, Jiang SB, Aljarrah KM, Doppke KP, Choi NC. Internal target volume determined with expansion margins beyond composite gross tumor volume in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;60:613-622
13. Low D. 4D imaging and 4D radiation therapy: a New Era of therapy design and delivery. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 2011;43:99-117
14. Jenkins P, Salmon C, Mannion C. Analysis of the movement of calcified lymph nodes during breathing. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;61:329-334
15. van Sörnsen de Koste JR, Lagerwaard FJ, Nijssen-Visser MR, Schuchhard-Schipper R, Joosten H, Senan S. What margins are necessary for incorporating mediastinal nodal mobility into involved-field radiotherapy for lung cancer? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002;53:1211-1215
16. Sher DJ, Wolfgang JA, Niemierko A, Choi NC. Quantification of mediastinal and hilar lymph node movement using four-dimensional computed tomography scan: implications for radiation treatment planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007;69:1402-1408
17. Keall P. 4-dimensional computed tomography imaging and treatment planning. Semin Radiat Oncol 2004;14:81-90
18. Low DA, Nystrom M, Kalinin E, Parikh P, Dempsey JF, Bradley JD, et al. A method for the reconstruction of four-dimensional synchronized CT scans acquired during free breathing. Med Phys 2003;30:1254-1263
19. Lu W, Parikh PJ, El Naqa IM, Nystrom MM, Hubenschmidt JP, Wahab SH, et al. Quantitation of the reconstruction quality of a four-dimensional computed tomography process for lung cancer patients. Med Phys 2005;32:890-901
20. Rietzel E, Pan T, Chen GT. Four-dimensional computed tomography: image formation and clinical protocol. Med Phys 2005;32:874-889
21. Keall PJ, Starkschall G, Shukla H, Forster KM, Ortiz V, Stevens CW, et al. Acquiring 4D thoracic CT scans using a multislice helical method. Phys Med Biol 2004;49:2053-2067
22. Mountain CF, Dresler CM. Regional lymph node classification for lung cancer staging. Chest 1997;111:1718-1723
23. Chapet O, Kong FM, Quint LE, Chang AC, Ten Haken RK, Eisbruch A, et al. CT-based definition of thoracic lymph node stations: an atlas from the University of Michigan. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;63:170-178
24. Pantarotto JR, Piet AH, Vincent A, van Sörnsen de Koste JR, Senan S. Motion analysis of 100 mediastinal lymph nodes: potential pitfalls in treatment planning and adaptive strategies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;74:1092-1099
25. Liu HH, Balter P, Tutt T, Choi B, Zhang J, Wang C, et al. Assessing respiration-induced tumor motion and internal target volume using four-dimensional computed tomography for radiotherapy of lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007;68:531-540
26. Li FX, Li JB, Zhang YJ, Liu TH, Tian SY, Xu M, et al. Comparison of the planning target volume based on three-dimensional CT and four-dimensional CT images of non-small-cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 2011;99:176-180
27. Persson GF, Nygaard DE, Af Rosenschöld PM, Richter Vogelius I, Josipovic M, Specht L, et al. Artifacts in conventional computed tomography (CT) and free breathing four-dimensional CT induce uncertainty in gross tumor volume determination. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;80:1573-1580
28. Sarker J, Chu A, Mui K, Wolfgang JA, Hirsch AE, Chen GT, et al. Variations in tumor size and position due to irregular breathing in 4D-CT: a simulation study. Med Phys 2010;37:1254-1260
29. Donnelly ED, Parikh PJ, Lu W, Zhao T, Lechleiter K, Nystrom M, et al. Assessment of intrafraction mediastinal and hilar lymph node movement and comparison to lung tumor motion using four-dimensional CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007;69:580-588
30. Weiss E, Wijesooriya K, Dill SV, Keall PJ. Tumor and normal tissue motion in the thorax during respiration: analysis of volumetric and positional variations using 4D CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007;67:296-307
31. West JB. Respiratory physiology: The essentials, 6th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 113-127