Considerable pancreatic tumor motion during breath-holding.

CONCLUSION: We observed substantial pancreatic tumor motion during BH as well as considerable position variation between consecutive BHs on a single day. We recommend further quantifying these uncertainties before introducing breath-hold during radiation treatment of pancreatic cancer patients. Also, the diaphragm cannot be used as a surrogate for pancreatic tumor motion.
PMID: 27583771 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Oncologica - August 31, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lens E, van der Horst A, Versteijne E, Bel A, van Tienhoven G Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research