Moderately escalated hypofractionated (chemo) radiotherapy delivered with helical intensity-modulated technique in stage III unresectable non-small cell lung cancer

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 3 NOV, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Donato, Vittorio ^a   Arcangeli, Stefano ^a   Monaco, Alessia ^a   Caruso, Cristina ^a   Cianciulli, Michele ^a   Boboc, Genoveva ^a   Chiostrini, Cinzia ^a   Rauco, Roberta ^a   Pressello, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemo radiation; Dose escalation; Helical tomotherapy; Hypofractionated radiotherapy; Unresectable NSCLC

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE SIMULATION; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION DOSE ESCALATION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84891102800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00286     Document Type: Article

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