Excluding PTV from lung volume may better predict radiation pneumonitis for intensity modulated radiation therapy in lung cancer patients.
Yinnan MengHaihua YangWei WangXingni TangCaiping JiangYichao ShenWei LuoPublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2019)
There are significant differences in acute RP2 rate prediction using dosimetric parameters from various normal lung definitions. Excluding PTV from total lung volume may be more accurate and promising to predict acute symptomatic radiation pneumonitis in IMRT treated lung cancer patients.