Simple method for evaluating achievement degree of lung dose optimization in individual patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with intensity modulated radiotherapy.

Takanori AbeMisaki IinoSatoshi SaitoTomomi AoshikaYasuhiro RyunoTomohiro OhtaMitsunobu IgariRyuta HiraiYu KumazakiYu MiuraKyoichi KairaHiroshi KagamuShinei NodaShingo Kato

Published in: Thoracic cancer (2022)

We found that cutoff values for dose volume parameter ratios significantly predict grade 2 or greater RP. We believe that these parameter ratios could be useful in assisting evaluation of achievement degree of lung dose optimization in IMRT for LA-NSCLC.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
radiation therapy
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
early stage
study protocol
epidermal growth factor receptor