Cardiac and respiration induced motion of mediastinal lymph node targets in lung cancer patients throughout the radiotherapy treatment course.

CONCLUSIONS: Detailed mapping showed that LN motion was in general governed by breathing, but some LNs had substantial cardiac induced motion.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - August 1, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Schmidt ML, Hoffmann L, Knap MM, Rasmussen TR, Folkersen BH, Toftegaard J, Møller DS, Poulsen PR Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research