Open AccessA clinicopathologic analysis of microscopic extension in small cell lung cancer and lung adenocarcinoma: Determination of clinical target volume with precise radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Lingling Gao,
Xiuhong Wang,
Xiongtao Yang,
Runchuan Gu,
Guangying Zhu,
Xianshu Gao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.14000
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , lung cancer , radiation therapy , lung , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathological , primary tumor , pathology , cancer , metastasis
The identification of the clinical target volume (CTV) is particularly important in the precise radiotherapy of lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine the extension margin from gross tumor volume (GTV) to CTV in primary small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) by microscopic extension (ME).