Single-arm prospective interventional study assessing feasibility of using gallium-68 ventilation and perfusion PET/CT to avoid functional lung in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Single-arm prospective interventional study assessing feasibility of using gallium-68 ventilation and perfusion PET/CT to avoid functional lung in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Background In the curative-intent treatment of locally advanced lung cancer, significant morbidity and mortality can result from thoracic radiation therapy. Symptomatic radiation pneumonitis occurs in one in three patients and can lead to radiation-induced fibrosis. Local failure occurs in one in th...

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Main Authors: Jason Callahan, David Ball, Nicholas Bucknell, Nicholas Hardcastle, Price Jackson, Michael Hofman, Peter Eu, Amir Iravani, Rhonda Lawrence, Olga Martin, Mathias Bressel, Beverley Woon, Benjamin Blyth, Michael MacManus, Keelan Byrne, Daniel Steinfort, Tomas Kron, Gerard Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e042465.full

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