Effect of continuous positive airway pressure administration during lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy: a comparative planning study.

Dario Di PerriAndréa ColotAntoine DelorRanda GhoulGuillaume JanssensValérie LacroixPascal MatteAnnie RobertKevin SourisXavier Geets

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2018)

In patients referred for SABR for lung tumours, CPAP increased lung volume without modifying tumour motion or baseline shift. As a result, CPAP allowed for a slight decrease in radiation dose to the lungs, which is unlikely to be clinically significant.

Keyphrases

positive airway pressure
obstructive sleep apnea
sleep apnea
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
early stage
radiation therapy
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
small cell lung cancer
patient reported outcomes
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