AP-PA Field Orientation Followed by IMRT Reduces Lung Exposure in Comparison to Conventional 3D Conformal and Sole IMRT in Centrally Located Lung Tumors

Overview

Journal Radiat Oncol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Oncology
Radiology

Date 2012 Feb 21

PMID 22340727

Citations 2

Authors

Viacheslav Soyfer

Yaron Meir

Benjamin W Corn

Dan Schifter

Eliahu Gez

Haim Tempelhoff

Natan Shtraus

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Abstract

Little attention has been paid to the fact that intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques do not easily enable treatment with opposed beams. Three treatment plans (3 D conformal, IMRT, and combined (anterior-posterior-posterio-anterior (AP-PA) + IMRT) of 7 patients with centrally-located lung cancer were compared for exposure of lung, spinal cord and esophagus. Combined IMRT and AP-PA techniques offer better lung tissue sparing compared to plans predicated solely on IMRT for centrally-located lung tumors.

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