Open AccessEnhancing the role of radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
Henry Wagner
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
current opinion in oncology/current opinion in oncology, with cancerlit
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1080-8140
pISSN - 1040-8746
DOI - 10.1097/00001622-199803000-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , limiting , lung cancer , cancer , radiation treatment planning , radiobiology , lung , oncology , medical physics , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Radiation therapy plays an important role in the treatment of patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. Local control rates with past radiation therapy techniques have been poor, in the range of 10% to 15%. Recent advances in dose planning and delivery, as well as radiation biology, offer the promise of improved control and better protection of dose limiting normal tissues.