Perfusion SPECT guided dose escalation in radiation therapy for lung cancer patients
Radiation therapy (RT) is a standard of care for patients with locally advanced inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Prognosis for these patients is poor with 2-years survival below 20%. A substantial proportion of the lung cancer patients receiving RT develop symptomatic radiation pneumon...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41910 |