Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung cancer patients previously treated with conventional radiotherapy: a review

A Amini, N Yeh, LE Gaspar, B Kavanagh, SD Karam - Radiation oncology, 2014 - Springer
Lung cancer continues to be one of the most prevalent malignancies worldwide and is the
leading cause of death in both men and women. Presently, local control rates are quite poor …

PET-based thoracic radiation oncology

CB Simone, S Houshmand, A Kalbasi, A Salavati… - PET clinics, 2016 - pet.theclinics.com
Thoracic malignancies are among the most common cancers diagnosed both in the United
States and worldwide. The most prominent thoracic malignancy, lung cancer, is the second …

FDG and FMISO PET-guided dose escalation with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in lung cancer

S Thureau, B Dubray, R Modzelewski, P Bohn… - Radiation …, 2018 - Springer
Background Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy is the reference treatment for non-resectable
locally-advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Increasing radiotherapy total dose …

Volumes learned: it takes more than size to “size up” pulmonary lesions

X Ma, J Siegelman, DS Paik, JL Mulshine, SS Pierre… - Academic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives This study aimed to review the current understanding and
capabilities regarding use of imaging for noninvasive lesion characterization and its …

Comparison of Hypermetabolic and Hypoxic Volumes Delineated on [18F]FDG and [18F]Fluoromisonidazole PET/CT in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients

S Thureau, R Modzelewski, P Bohn, S Hapdey… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The high rates of failure in the radiotherapy target volume suggest that patients with
stage II or III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should receive an increased total dose of …

Respiratory motion reduction in PET/CT using abdominal compression for lung cancer patients

TC Huang, YC Wang, YR Chiou, CH Kao - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Respiratory motion causes substantial artifacts in reconstructed PET images when
using helical CT as the attenuation map in PET/CT imaging. In this study, we aimed to …

Normalization of ventilation data from 4D-CT to facilitate comparison between datasets acquired at different times

K Latifi, V Feygelman, EG Moros, TJ Dilling… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The 4D-CT data used for comparing a patient's ventilation distributions before and
after lung radiotherapy are acquired at different times. As a result, an additional variable–the …

Radiotherapy planning

MT Truong, RM Subramaniam - PET-CT and PET-MRI in Oncology: A …, 2015 - Springer
Advances in radiotherapy planning and delivery in the past decade, including the increased
use of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy …

[PDF][PDF] The Use of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging to Guide Radiation Therapy

MS Kasibhatla, VR Oncology - hematologyandoncology.net
The Use of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging to Guide Radiation Therapy Page 1
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 21, Issue 10 October 2023 549 …

PET/CT for the Assessment of Pulmonary Nodules

Y Guan - Early-stage Lung Cancer: Screening and Management, 2018 - Springer
As a noninvasive functional and anatomical imaging modality, PET/CT could provide
additional information reflecting the biological features of lung cancer as well as anatomical …