Heart dosimetric analysis of three types of cardiac toxicity in patients treated on dose-escalation trials for Stage III non-small-cell lung cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac events were heterogeneous and associated with distinct heart subvolume doses. These data support the hypothesis of distinct etiologies for different types of radiation-associated cardiotoxicity.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - October 16, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Wang K, Pearlstein KA, Patchett ND, Deal AM, Mavroidis P, Jensen BC, Lipner MB, Zagar TM, Wang Y, Lee CB, Eblan MJ, Rosenman JG, Socinski MA, Stinchcombe TE, Marks LB Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research