Preoperative spirometry and BMI in deep inspiration breath-hold radiotherapy: the early detection of cardiac and lung dose predictors without radiation exposure.

Yutaro KoideHidetoshi ShimizuTakahiro AoyamaTomoki KitagawaRisei MiyauchiYui WatanabeHiroyuki TachibanaTakeshi Kodaira

Published in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2022)

Preoperative spirometry and BMI are significant predictors of MHD and MLD, respectively. Although elderly and low-VC patients may have larger predictive variations, spirometry might be a substitute for LV-FB as a predictor of MHD.

Keyphrases

lung function
body mass index
end stage renal disease
patients undergoing
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
early stage
weight gain
prognostic factors
heart failure
squamous cell carcinoma
patient reported outcomes
physical activity
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
locally advanced