Safety and Tolerability of SBRT after High Dose External Beam Radiation to the Lung

Safety and Tolerability of SBRT after High Dose External Beam Radiation to the Lung

Purpose: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is commonly used to treat unresectable lung nodules. Given its relative safety and effective local control, SBRT has also been used to treat recurrent lung nodules after high dose external beam radiation (EBRT) to the lung. The toxicity of such treatme...

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Main Authors: Dawn eOwen, Kenneth R Olivier, Limin eSong, Charles S Mayo, Robert C Miller, Kathryn eNelson, Heather eBauer, Paul D Brown, Sean S Park, Daniel J Ma, Yolanda I Garces
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Toxicity Tests, Acute
lung cancer
stereotactic body radiotherapy
external beam radiotherapy
reirradiation
late toxicity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00376/full

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