Evolving target volume concepts in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT: Radiotherapy (RT) target volume concepts for locally advanced lung cancer have been under discussion for years. Although they may be as important as treatment doses, many aspects of them are still based on conventions, which, due to the paucity of prospective data, rely on long-term practice or on clinical knowledge and experience (e.g., on patterns of spread or recurrence). However, in recent years, large improvements have been made in medical imaging and molecular imaging methods have been implemented, which are of great interest in RT. For lung cancer, in recent years, 18F-fluoro-desoxy-glucose (FDG)-positron-emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) has shown a superior diagnostic accuracy as compare to conventional imaging and has become an indispensable standard tool for dia

SUBMITTER: Nestle U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8107754 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature