| Radiation injury of the lung after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung cancer: A timeline and pattern of CT changes. | |
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PMID: 19954913 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a new radiotherapy treatment method that has been applied to the treatment of Stage I lung cancers in medically inoperable patients, with excellent clinical results. SBRT allows the delivery of a very high radiation dose to the target volume, while minimizing the dose to the adjacent normal tissues. As a consequence, CT findings after SBRT have different appearance, geographic extent and progression timeline compared to those following conventional radiation therapy for lung cancer. In particular, SBRT-induced changes are limited to the "shell" of normal tissue outside the tumor and have a complex shape. When SBRT-induced CT changes have a consolidation/mass-like appearance, the differentiation from tumor recurrence can be very difficult. An understanding of SBRT technique as it relates to the development of SBRT-induced lung injury and familiarity with the full spectrum of CT manifestations are important to facilitate diagnosis and management of lung cancer patients treated with this newly emerging radiotherapy method. |
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Anna Linda; Marco Trovo; Jeffrey D Bradley |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-12-01 |
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Title: European journal of radiology Volume: 79 ISSN: 1872-7727 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Radiol Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-06-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8106411 Medline TA: Eur J Radiol Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 147-54 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Institute of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy. |
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