Quantification of tumor volume changes during radiotherapy for non–small-cell lung cancer

J Fox, E Ford, K Redmond, J Zhou, J Wong… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
… If decreases in tumor size were to occur during the RT course, this might be one … the volume
of normal tissue irradiated. In this study, we sought to quantify the degree of tumor volume

CT tumor volume measurement in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: performance characteristics of an emerging clinical tool

M Nishino, M Guo, DM Jackman, PJ DiPiro, JT Yap… - Academic radiology, 2011 - Elsevier
… tool for assessing tumor burden. … tumor volume measurement in advanced NSCLC patients
treated in a Phase II clinical trial using clinical chest CT and commercially available volume

Dose, volume, and tumor control prediction in primary radiotherapy of non-small-cell lung cancer

J Willner, K Baier, E Caragiani, A Tschammler… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
… corresponding to a tumor volume of only 4 ccm. Nevertheless, standard radiation dose
for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still 60–66 Gy, even in larger tumors (usually …

Lymphopenia association with gross tumor volume and lung V5 and its effects on non-small cell lung cancer patient outcomes

C Tang, Z Liao, D Gomez, L Levy, Y Zhuang… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
… , a cell type that also exhibits significant radiation sensitivity. We determined an association
between irradiated gross tumor volume and lung dose-volume … for non-small cell lung cancer. …

Clinical implications of defining the gross tumor volume with combination of CT and 18FDG-positron emission tomography in non–small-cell lung cancer

IS Grills, D Yan, QC Black, CYO Wong… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… in the staging of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Multiple studies have demonstrated
… also in tumor size and/or stage. Non-small cell lung cancer target volumes have historically …

Gross tumor volume, critical prognostic factor in patients treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for non-small-cell lung carcinoma

JD Bradley, N Ieumwananonthachai, JA Purdy… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
… Our results suggest that tumor volume is the most important … tumor volume completely.
Our data suggest that bulky disease, stage for stage, has a poorer prognosis than low volume

Metabolic tumor volume is an independent prognostic factor in patients treated definitively for non–small-cell lung cancer

P Lee, JG Bazan, PW Lavori, DK Weerasuriya… - Clinical lung cancer, 2012 - Elsevier
tumor burden. Recently, we showed that metabolic tumor volume (MTV), or the volume of
tumor … of patients with lung cancer, including those with localized as well as metastatic disease. …

Assessment of gross tumor volume regression and motion changes during radiotherapy for non–small-cell lung cancer as measured by four-dimensional computed …

KR Britton, G Starkschall, SL Tucker, T Pan… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Lung cancer patients included in this study satisfied the following criteria: (1) clinically
detectable or inoperable primary tumors without restriction either in size or location, (2) …

Current status of PET/CT for tumour volume definition in radiotherapy treatment planning for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

C Greco, K Rosenzweig, GL Cascini, O Tamburrini - Lung cancer, 2007 - Elsevier
… to improve the accuracy of target volume delineation for treatment optimization in NSCLC. …
CT-only target volume. The most prominent changes in the gross tumour volume (GTV) have …

Tumor volume is a prognostic factor in non–small-cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy

BM Alexander, M Othus, HB Caglar, AM Allen - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
… a log cell kill, meaning that the larger the tumor, the more cells, and … for example, gross tumor
volume is associated with overall … In our study both greater nodal volume and tumor volume