作者
George Rodrigues, Gregory MM Videtic, Ranjan Sur, Andrea Bezjak, Jeffrey Bradley, Carol A Hahn, Corey Langer, Keith L Miller, Benjamin J Moeller, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Benjamin Movsas
发表日期
2011/4/1
期刊
Practical radiation oncology
卷号
1
期号
2
页码范围
60-71
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Purpose
To provide guidance to physicians and patients with regard to the use of external beam radiotherapy, endobronchial brachytherapy, and concurrent chemotherapy in the setting of palliative thoracic treatment for lung cancer, based on available evidence complemented by expert opinion.
Methods and Materials
A Task Force authorized by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Board of Directors synthesized and assessed evidence from 3 systematic reviews on the following topics: (1) dose fractionation in thoracic external beam radiotherapy (EBRT); (2) clinical utility of initial and salvage endobronchial brachytherapy (EBB); and (3) use of concurrent chemotherapy (CC) with palliative thoracic radiotherapy. Practice guideline recommendations were produced and are contained herein.
Results
Studies suggest that higher dose/fractionation palliative EBRT regimens (eg, 30 Gy/10 fraction …
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