Sparing healthy lung by focusing the radiation beam flow onto the emphysematous regions in the treatment of lung cancer.
Raphaël JumeauNicolas PeguretBerardino de BariRaphael MoeckliJoao-Luis Soares-RodriguesAndrea Dante DurhamSophie HojnowskiJean BourhisMahmut OzsahinCatherine Beigelman-AubryPublished in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2016)
Focusing the RT beam flow on the PE structure rather than the healthy lung appears feasible, and may be a promising technique to help preserve pulmonary function and minimize RT-related pulmonary toxicity.