Radiation Dose Volume Effects in the Lung

By L. Marks, Søren Bentzen, J. Deasy, F. Kong, J. Bradley, I. Vogelius, I. E. Naqa, Jessica L. Hubbs, J. Lebesque, R. Timmerman and 2 more. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2010

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The three dimensional dose/volume/outcome data for lung are reviewed in detail. The rate of symptomatic pneumonitis is related to many dosimetric parameters, and there are no evident threshold “tolerance dose/volume” levels. There are strong volume and fractionation effects.

Subfields: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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