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Published on: June 7, 2015
Strategies for enhanced radiation delivery in patients with lung cancer
1University of Wisconsin, Department of Radiotherapy, K4/B100, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Abstract:
Since the 1970s primary management for regionally advanced non-small cell lung cancer has shifted from radiotherapy alone to sequential chemoradiation to concurrent chemoradiation. The increase in survival with these approaches has been small; an approximately 3-4 month per decade increase in median survival. Future avenues to improve on these outcomes could involve: i)dose-intense radiotherapy; ii) better target delineation; and iii) combining molecularly targeted agents with optimised radiation therapy. However, to accomplish this, techniques to control tumour motion and decrease toxicity must be developed.
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